A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 257
h of St. Mary, Bishop-hill Junior. Scamilli, plain blocks or sub-plinths, placed undercolumns, statues, &c, to elevate them: they differ fromordinary pedestals in having no mouldings about them,and in being usually of smaller size. 248 Scotfa—Screen. Scotia (Gr.), or Trochilus, a hollow… … Scotia, Trochilus, or Casement; Baths of Diocletian, Rome. Screen, a partition, enclosure, or parclose separatinga portion of a room, or of a church, from the rest. Inthe domestic halls of the Middle Ages a screen wasalmost invariably fixed across the lower end, so as topart off a small space,…
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