A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 212
s are often the most striking feature. Exam-ples are seen on Merton and Magdalen towers in Oxford,and many of the towers in Somersetshire. This term is sometimes applied to turrets, and Williamof Worcester uses it for a spire. Piscina (Lat. = a reservoir of water), originally thereservoir and… … Crowmarsh, c. 1150. Warmington, c. 1220. off whatever is poured into it; it is fixed at a convenientlieight above the floor, and was used to receive the waterin which the priest washed his hands, as well as that withwhich the chalice was rinsed at the time of the celebrationof the mass; it is…
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