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or other wall surface optically. However, unlike pilasters, lesenes are simpler, having no bases or capitals. Their function is ornamental, not just to decorate the plain surface of a wall but, in the case of corner lesenes (at the edges of a façade), to emphasise the edges of a building.
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Lesenes on the Ludgerus Church in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia
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Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Lombard band
Kaarst
low-relief
pilaster
capital
Lombardic
Rijnlandish
architecture
façade
Lesenes and Lombard band (arches) on a chapel
Lombard band
Lesenes forming blind arcades, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (c. 430); dentils under the eaves.
blind arcades
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Ravenna
dentils
Lesene on the staircase tower, Gernrode collegiate church (pre-1000)
Gernrode collegiate church
Lesenes on the Maria Laach Abbey (1156)
Maria Laach Abbey
Lesenes on the tower of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton (late 10th century)
All Saints' Church, Earls Barton
Robin Hood Gardens, London: lesene-shaped formation on the supporting wall in the Plattenbau style
Robin Hood Gardens
Plattenbau
Lesenes at Chile House, Hamburg
Lesenes on the Ludgerus Church in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia
Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
ISBN

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