A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 227
e thin stones are usually laid flat, witha considerable thickness of mortar between them some-times, in herring-bone fashion. [See Herring-bone andRubble.] This kind of masonry is frequently plasteredand rou^h-cast: but in some counties neatly pointed withlarge joints, and looking very well: in… … St. Michaels, Oxford. wall. It is only employed when the wall is thick, andthe glass placed nearer to the outer face of the wall thanto the inner; and it is usually bounded on the inside bya rib, which either abuts against the splay of the jambs,or else rests upon corbels or shafts fixed against…
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