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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 260

An illustration from A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture, 1879, leaf 260 — or other member in archi-tecture cut asunder so as to shewits profile. Sedile, or Sedilia, the Latin name for a seat, whichin modern times has come to be pretty generally appliedby way of distinction to the seats on the south sideof the choir near the altar in churches, used in theancient service… … Scullery = Scutellerie (Lat.Scutellum = a dish), the officein a mediaeval mansion or mo-nastery where the plates anddishes were kept. Scutable, a term occurring in the Westminster accounts,probably = escutcheon. See, a seat: the term is some-times applied particularly to theseat of dignity, or…

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