A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 205
shlar thick 196 parpmfctftone—$eto. enough to reach entirely through a wall, and shew a fairface on both sides, iscalled Parping ashlar.This name may perhapsalso have been some-times given to a corbel.The term Percent-wallwould signify a wallbuilt of perpent ashlar. Also a pier, buttress,orother… … Perpeyn-wall, Lincoln Cathedral. Pew, or Pue (probably from the Dutch). It is un-necessary ina work of thiskind to sayanything of themodern styleof pews, withwhich most ofour churcheshad been filled;till within thelast few yearsthe ugly pueswere intro-duced subse-quently to theReformation,and the…
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