A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 328
fter thegreat architectural writerVitruvius. Volute (Lat. Volutus = turned),a spiral scroll forming the princi-pal characteristic of the Ionic capi-tal. Volutes are also used on thecapitals of the Corinthian andComposite orders. Examples willbe found in the illustrations ac-companying the article… … 320 UflUBgotr—OTall=pamttnrj. Voussoir, a name adopted from the French for the wedge-shaped stones (or other ma- i>terial) with which an arch is con-structed, as marked in the en-graving, a, a, a; the upper one,namely 5, at the crown of thearch, is termed the Key-stone. Thelowest voussoir, or…
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