A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 321
ount of the rebuilding of the choir of CanterburyCathedral, after the fire in 1174, describes the vault tobe ex lapide et tofo levi It is used in the vaultingof the late Norman porch on the north side of the naveof Bredon Church, Worcestershire, and in many otherbuildings. Tympanum (Lat.), the… … Tympanum ol Doorway, Essendine, c. 1130. the space immediately above the opening of a doorway, &c,in mediaeval architecture, when the top of the opening issquare and has an arch over it; this arrangement is notuncommon in this country in Norman work, and on the JEgmpamtm—UalUg. 313 Continent is…
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