A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 320
rly English and later stylesthey are most usually polygo-nal, but are sometimes square, and occasionally circular. The upper terminations are veryvarious; in the Early English style spires prevail, but inthe Decorated and Perpendicular not only spires but para-pets, either plain, battlemented,… … St. Marys, Beverley. Tun, a term used in someparts of the west of Englandfor the shaft of a chimney. Turnpike-stair, a name some- times applied to a spiral stair-case or Vise. See also Newel. Turngrece, also a windingstair. See Step. &ufa—JEgmpanum. Tufa, Tufo, Tuff, a porous stone either…
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