Sconce

Sconce ni ubwoko bwurumuri rushyizwe kurukuta. Umucyo mubisanzwe, ariko ntabwo buri gihe, werekeza hejuru no hanze, aho kumanuka. Sconce nuburyo bwa kera cyane bwimiterere, amateka yakoreshejwe hamwe na buji n'amatara yamavuta. Ibikoresho bigezweho bakunze kwita lights cyangwa amagambo asa, cyane cyane niba isoko yumucyo itwikiriwe nikirahure.

Bashobora gutanga amatara rusange, kandi biramenyerewe muri koridoro no muri koridoro, ariko birashobora kuba byiza cyane. Sconce irashobora kuba itara gakondo, buji cyangwa itara rya gaze, cyangwa isoko yumucyo wamashanyarazi igezweho yashyizweho muburyo bumwe.

 Imikoreshereze n'amateka 

Sconces irashobora gushirwa kurukuta rwimbere ninyuma yinyubako. Mugukoresha mbere-bigezweho, mubisanzwe bifata buji n'amatara. Mu mateka, ibishashara bya buji byakorwaga mu ifeza cyangwa mu muringa kuva mu kinyejana cya 17, hamwe na farufari na ormolu byatangiye gukoreshwa mu kinyejana cya 18. Itara rya buji ryakongejwe cyane ninyuma yerekana inyuma. Ukoresheje utwugarizo, buji yabikwa kure y’urukuta.

Amatara ya kijyambere yamashanyarazi akoreshwa kenshi muri koridoro cyangwa muri koridoro kugirango itange urumuri hamwe ningingo ishimishije mugice kirekire. Uburebure bwa Sconce munzira nyabagendwa muri rusange ni 3/4 byintera hejuru yurukuta nkuko bipimye kuva hasi kugeza ku gisenge, kandi intera iri hagati ya sconces kurukuta muri rusange ihwanye nintera ya sconces kuva hasi, akenshi bisimburana kumpande inzira nyabagendwa.
Sconces mubisanzwe yashyizwe mubice cyangwa ibindi bice byinshi kugirango itange uburinganire. Birashobora gukoreshwa mugukingura inzugi cyangwa kumurongo. Ibizunguruka-amaboko akenshi bishyirwa kuruhande rwigitanda kugirango bitange amatara yo gusoma.

Muri kaminuza zimwe zicyongereza, ijambo sconce ryakoreshejwe kugirango ryerekane ibikorwa bimwe bikosora bigamije kumurikira umunyeshuri wibeshye. Reba inyandiko ya Saga ya Egil yahinduwe na E. R. Eddison (1930) yerekana ko igihano gishobora kuba "kuvuga ibinyobwa bisindisha muri kimwe".