A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 272
ging-stone. Also the bottomstone of the coping of a gable. [See Voussoir and Shew.] Squinch, or Sconce, smallarches or projecting coursesof stone formed across theangles of towers, &c, inGothic architecture, to sup-port the alternate sidesof octagonal spires, lan-terns, &c, above.… … Squinch, Canonb Ashby, Northamptonshire. 264 Squmrfj—%mn$,
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