A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 327
imes for the nave, the ecclesia beingstrictly the choir only. The origin of the word is dis-puted, but it is probable that it first signified the en-trance-chamber to the baths, where the clothes of thebather were laid aside; and hence the entrance to a houseor any public edifice. Vignette (Fr.), a… … Vethym, or Fethym, a fathom;a measure of six feet.Vomitoria (Lat.), the princi- pal exits of an amphitheatre.Voussure (Fr.), a vault.Vyse. See Vise and Step, 319 Vestry, or Revestry: a room attached to the choir ofa church, sometimes called the sacristy, in which thesacred vessels and vestments…
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