0 a long piece of stone or wood at the top of a door or window frame that supports the wall above --
The sharp sound 'steckt's' and the image of a figure springing to the lintel come as an explosion of sound and movement.
As the project developed, however, it was decided that citizens should construct the classrooms themselves up to the lintel, and the government would then take over and complete them.
Fig. 23 shows a landing crossing a window as a lintel.
Then the grate was enclosed on both sides with the two jambs that were joined to the already built wall, so reaching the level of the window lintel.
Lintel 2 was placed inside a structure where it would be seen only by a limited elite audience.
Stelae in plazas have a different audience from that of lintels inside a temple.
The posts and lintel are edged with decorative bronze and ironwork, and the door leaves peppered with foliate and mammiform metal fittings like those used on temple and castle gates.
In this case, the top lintel has been omitted to let in more sunlight.
