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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 247

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reworked with grooves, orchannels, to render themconspicuous ; sometimesthe whole of the jointsare worked in this way,and sometimes only thehorizontal ones ; thegrooves are either mould-ed or plain, and areformed in several dif- =gferent ways; the surfaceof the work is sometimes left, or purposely… … Sacristy (Fr., from Lat. Sacer, but written also Secre-tartum), a room attached to a church, in which the sacredvessels, vestments, and other valuables connected with thereligious services of the building, were preserved, and inwhich the priest put on his robes; sometimes includedwithin the main…

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