A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 21
arble, evidently thefashion of the twelfth century. Amphitheatre, an oval theatre, with tiers of seats, usedchiefly by the Romans to exhibit the combats of gladia-tors or wild beasts. The galleries with the seats werecovered with awning. The general taste of that peoplefor these amusements is… … Gospel Ambo, St. Clements, Rome, a.d. 1110. Ambulatory, a place to walkin, such as cloisters. Lydgate,inhis Boke of Troye, writes— Freshe Alures with lustye hye pynacles... . . that called were deambiilatoryes,Men to walke togither twaine andtwaine To keep them drye when it happed torayne.…
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