A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 37
terwall and the keep, divided from each other by embattledwalls. The name is frequently retained long after thecastle itself has disappeared; as the Bailey in Lincoln, theOld Bailey in London, St. Peters-in-the-Bailey in Oxford. Aspersorium (Lat.), a holy- Backs (in carpentry), the prin- water… … Ball-flower, an ornament resembling a ball placedin a globular flower, the three petals ofwhich form a cup round it: this ornamentis usually found inserted in a hollow mould-ing, and is generally characteristic of theDecorated style of the fourteenth century;but it sometimes occurs, though…
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