Editing Arch (section)

== Cultural references ==
The steady horizontal push of an arch against the abutments gave rise to a saying "the arch never sleeps", attributed to many sources, from [[Hindu]]{{sfn | Heyman | 2015 | p=1}} to [[Arabs]].<ref name=treccani/> This [[adage]] stresses that the arch carries "a seed of death" for itself and the structure containing it, a statement that can be made upon observation of the Roman ruins.<ref name=treccani/> The plot of [[The Nebuly Coat]] by [[J. Meade Falkner]], inspired by a collapse of a tower at the [[Chichester Cathedral]] plays with the idea while dealing with the slow disintegration of a church building.{{sfn | Heyman | 2015 | p=1}} Saoud{{sfn|Saoud|2002}} explains the proverb by chain-like self-balancing of the horizontal and vertical forces in the arch and its "universal adaptability".{{sfn | Royster | 2021 | p=62}}