A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 187
Ogival, French equivalent forGothic, i.e. from Ogive — apointed arch. Whence also theterms adopted by some ecclesi-ologists, First Pointed, Secondor Middle Pointed, and ThirdPointed,meaningEarly English,Decorated, and Perpendicular. Oillets. See Loop-holes. Opisthodomus, the enclosedspace in the… … The Boric Order, the oldest and simplest of the threeorders used by the Greeks, but it is ranked as the second ofthe five orders adopted bythe Romans. The shaftof the column has twentyflutings, which are sepa-rated by a sharp edge,and not by a fillet, as inthe other orders, andthey are less than…
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