A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 318
tory or clearstory-passage, is perhaps more appropriate. The theory deriving the word triforium from tres-fores,or three openings or doors, is not probable, as the generalrule was for a Norman triforium arcade to have two orfour openings, as was the case where the name is firstapplied. Nor is the… … Trigylph: an ornament used in the Doric frieze, con-sisting of three vertical angular chan- nels, or flutes, separated by narrowflat spaces. They are not worked ex-actly in the same manner in the Gre-cian and Roman examples; and inthe latter, when placed over columns,are invariably over the centre…
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