mandrill

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The walls and spandrils are tastefully adorned with stucco work of the trellis pattern, tiling and mosaic.

From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Above in the spandrils are ribboned circles enclosing well-carved heads.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

In the spandrils, or triangular spaces between the arches, are medallion bas-reliefs of glazed terra cotta showing white figures relieved against a background of bright blue.

From Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

At Trofa there is a pair of tombs on each side of the chancel, round-arched, with pilasters and with heads in the spandrils, and covered with arabesques.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

These bear a pierced pattern and projecting triangles, serving as spandrils to the trefoiled arches, which are incised on the spaces between.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)