<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">kneelers</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31472988</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:07:17</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">footstones</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">gable springers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">kneeler</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">kneestones</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">skew blocks</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">skew butts</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">skews</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Shaped building stones, with a flat bottom and sloping top, cut to conform to and support the copings of gables; for the more general meaning of blocks of stone placed in masonry walls to distribute the loads of beams, use "padstones." ]]></dc:description></metadata>