A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 278
by the floor, and everysucceeding step supported jointly by the step below itand the wall of the staircase at one end only, are termedgeometrical stairs. Stairs constructed in the form nearlyof an inclined plane, of which the treads are inclined andbroad, and the risers small, so that horses may… … 270 Stilted arcfj—Stoup. Stilted-arch, a name proposed by Professor Willis foran arch which has the capital, or impost mouldings, of thejambs below the level of the springing of the curve, themouldings of the arcbivolt being continued, vertically,down to the impost mouldings. This mode of…
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