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
ular style are sometimesfound on the transoms and bases of windows. It is re-markable that the use of this ornament is almost entirelyconfined to the English styles of Gothic architecture. InWales a peculiar battlement is used, as at Swansea andSt. Davids, which has a hollow space under it to… … Walls of York. BattUment—Baj^fomtiam. 39 of a sort of double battlement, one rising out of the other ;they are very picturesque, but very liable to decay. Theidea of them was probably taken from the Venetian battle-ments, which bear some resemblance to them. In Irelandthere is frequently a row of…
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