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coffer
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Within Vinony's link graph, coffer is referenced by 749 other articles, and connects out to Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Belarus and Rome.
It is catalogued under topics including Architectural elements and Ceilings.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
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- architectural element
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- Coffers (architecture)
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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thumb|right|Coffering on the ceiling of the Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon ([[Rome)]] thumb|right|Coffered ceiling with carved human heads at Wawel Castle ([[Kraków)]]
A coffer (or coffering) in architecture is a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. A series of these sunken panels was often used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, also called caissons ("boxes"), or lacunaria ("spaces, openings"), so that a coffered ceiling can be called a lacunar ceiling: the strength of the structure is in the framework of the coffers.
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