Deaf band

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Deaf band
Deaf band

As Tauband is referred to in the architecture of a profile strip, which is provided with spiral or wavy pattern according to the structure of a dew or knits. Sometimes it is also referred to as a dew stick .

distribution

Around the year 1180, the Danish stonemason Horder lined the Romanesque style baptismal font with dew ribbons, whereby the motif and technique of basket weaving may have served as a model. Dew bands also appear on portal frames etc.

Dew sticks are very common in half-timbered buildings in Lower Saxony in the 16th and 17th centuries. During this time the houses were also provided with ship throats , also in combination with dew tapes. Both forms of decoration replaced the windboards of the Middle Ages, which were used to cover the overhangs typical of the half-timbered house.

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Supporting documents and footnotes

  1. Not to be confused with the shepherd's staff of the same name worn by church dignitaries, which was named after the Greek letter Tau because of its T-shaped headboard. See the large art dictionary by PW Hartmann