A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 82
Plan, Garsington, O Chtmol, a hinge.Cill = Sill. Cimatium. See Cymatium.CiMBiA,afillet,band,or C£nc£w?0. <EUar*0torg. 73 Clear-story, or Clere-story, an upper story, or row ofwindows in a Gothic church rising well above the ad- … joining parts of the building (in contradistinction to theBlindstory, often called the Iriforium). In churches it ap-pears to have been adopted as a means of obtaining an in-crease of light in the body of the building; but the win-dows are not unfrequently so small that they serve thispurpose very…
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