A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 24
s fre- 1quently changedfrom semicircular topolygonal. Arabesque, a speciesflat surfaces, eitherpainted, inlaid inmosaic, or carvedin low relief: itwas much used bythe Arabs, as alsoby the Saracens orMoors in Spain.In the domestic ar- Arabesque,chitecture of this country in the sixteenth and… … Apse, Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire, c. 1150. of ornament used for enriching
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