A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 75
al-most peculiar to England, but it was never exclusive ; thesimple parallelogram is found of all periods : of the twelfthcentury at Worcester, of the thirteenth at Chester andOxford, of the fourteenth and fifteenth in several placesboth in England and on the Continent. Chest. Among our ancestors… … Champ, the field or ground onwhich carving is raised. Chapiter (of a column), theCapital. Char or Chare, to hew orwork, e.g. Charred stone = hewnstone. Graveney, Kent, c. Charnel-house, a chamber inthe neighbourhood of a church-yard to receive the human bonesdisinterred by the grave-digger- Chasse,…
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