An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1340
religious ceremonies,the occupier of it slept, he would fall on (perchance) the floor. Hence the name. Thecorbel under the seat, which formed the resting place, is usually carved with foliage, orwith figures sometimes of a ludicrous design. The earliest examples are in ExeterCathedral, dating… … Mitre Arch. A French name for a pediment arch similar to fig, 1413. Examples arefound in early Greek and in Celtic structures as well as in the early Norman work inEngland. Mixed Akgt.e. An angle of which one side is a curveand the other a straight line. Mixed Figure. One composed of straight lines…
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