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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 57

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nd add so little to the sub-stance of the wall that it may be sup-posed they were used at least as muchfor ornament as for support: they arecommonly not divided into stages, butcontinue of the same breadth and thick-ness from the ground to the top, andeither die into the wall with a… … Buttery, the place for bottles, I tween the hall and the kitchen,the butler s pantry, usually be- | See Pantry. Buttress. 49 the nave of Southwell Minster. Occasionally small shaftsare worked on the angles of Norman buttresses, butthese generally indicate that the work is late. Early English…

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