A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 47
Basinet. See illustrations toBrass. BASTiLE,a castle or tower usedas a prison. Bastion, a bulwark or towerprojecting from the face of a for-tification. 33 Battlement. … and the intervals between them embrasures, but these arerather military terms than ecclesiastical. In the earlierbattlements the embrasures appear to have been narrow inproportion to the size of the merlons. On ecclesiasticalbuildings the battlements are often richly panelled, orpierced with…
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