A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 229
ains of these, more or less injured, are to befound in many churches, particularly at the east ends ofaisles, where chantry-altars have stood, as at St. Michaels,Oxford, &c.; and against the east wall of transepts, as inSt. Cuthberts, Wells. It was not unusual to decorate thewall at the back of… … Reiedos of Altar, Enstone, c. 1420. Eessatmt—Bcttculatrti WSioxh. Ressaunt (probably Er. Resse?itir)y anold English term for an ogee-moulding. Itwas also applied to other architecturalmembers that had the inflected outline ofthis moulding. It is a purely technicalword, and seldom used. Kessaunt,…
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