The American glossary of architectural terms, being a concise and comprehensive compilation of all terms used in the practice of architecture and the building arts (1887)
Garnsey, Geo. O. (George O.) · Chicago : National Builder Publishing Co. · leaf 47
a Su-datio. CORINTHIAN ORDER OF ARCHITECTURE.The term applied to the most ornate andrichly foliated of the five orders of archi-tecture, and the third in succession. Thefirst being the Doric. This order derivedits name from the fact of its invention byCallimachus, a sculptor of Corinth, about540 B.… … COR CUS CORONA (Lat.) The broad vertical memberof a classical cornice. COROSTROTA (Lat.) Roman inlaid work. CORPS (Fr.) Any architectural detail project-ing from the plain surface of a wall. CORRIDOR (Fr.) A hall, gallery or commu-nication from one portion of a building toanother. CORRUGATED IRON.…
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