A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 323
nt day.They are sometimes calledToothing-stones. Tylle-thakkers, tile-thatch-ers or tilers. Tymbre, a heralds term forthe crest, which in an achieve- I ment stands on the top of the\ helmet, or on the top of a fu-merell or lantern, on the roof ofa hall, &c, or on the finial of aturret. The Vane… … Stanton Barcourt, Oxon. Vane (written also Fane, Lat. Vannas)y a plate of metalturning on a vertical spindle so as to shew the direction ofthe wind, frequently fixed on the topsof spires and pinnacles, and other ele-vated situations; it is often in the formof a cock, and from this circumstance…
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