A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 224
-ber are of Perpendicularwork. In design theyare very various, buttheir plan is usuallypolygonal, and in manycases they are formedlike niches in the wall,with projecting fronts,and are approached byconcealed stairs (espe-cially in the case of thosein Refectories), in othersthe steps are exposed… … Propylon (Gr.), a gateway be-fore an Egyptian temple. Prostyle, a portico in whichthe columns stand out quite freefrom the wall to which it is at-tached. Pseudo-dipteral, a temple whose general plan is dipteral,but the inner range of columnsomitted. See Temple. Pteroma, a space between thewalls of…
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