A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 208
eciallyin plain buildings, but:many other, and morecomplicated kinds of pil-lars are employed; thecommonest of these con-sists of a large centralshaft, which is gener-ally circular, with smal-ler shafts (usually four)round it; these are fre-quently made of a finermaterial than the rest,and… … 200 Pillar.
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