A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 199
the fronts of Greek andRoman buildings support pediments ; in Roman work thedressings over doors and windows are sometimes arrangedin a similar form, and called by the same name ; indebased Roman work pediments of this last-mentionedkind are occasionally circular instead of angular on thetop, a… … Pelican, the representation of this bird vulning herself,as expressed heraldically, occurs not unfrequently as a sa-cred emblem among the ornaments of churches. A beau-tiful specimen is preserved at TJfford, Suffolk, at thesummit of the elaborately carved spire of wood whichforms the cover of the…
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