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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 182

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mullions, but sometimes they were arranged in pairs (notunfrequently under a larger arch), with a single shaft be-tween them; towards the end of the style they wereoccasionally grouped together in threes, like the EarlyEnglish. The pillars at first were very massive, but sub-sequently became much… … 17 4 barman Architecture. forms were plain circles, or polygons, sometimes with smallshafts attached, and a cluster of four large semicircles withsmaller shafts in rectangular recesses between them. Thebuttresses were mostcommonly broad, andof small projection,either uniting with theface of the…

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