A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 287
any roof, andwhen so constructed were called hypcethral. Templeswere also classified according to the number of columnsin the front portico* s ; tetrastyle had four columns; hexa-style, six; octastyle, eight; decastyle, ten. The width ofthe spaces between the columns varied considerably, andthe… … pattern or mould used by «, a workmen, especially by ma-sons and bricklayers, as aguide for the shape of their work; it is usually formed *of a thin board, or sheet ofmetal. Also a short pieceof timber sometimes laid ina wall under the end ofa girder or other beam. c Tenon, Tenant: a commonterm in…
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