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A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 140
material, as at Exeter cathedral. Crockets, ©roquetg, ©rocltsttg, Fr. Crochets. Ital. Uncinetti,GER..:^aflein, fteine .^afen : projecting leaves,flowers, or bunches of foliage, used in Gothicarchitecture to decorate the angles of spires,canopies, pinnacles, &c.; they are also fre-quently found… … Southuell Mil 118 CROCKETS—CROSS. of tlie windows of the tower^ and the sides of some of thearches^ but they are not employed in horizontal situations.They are used in suits^ and are placed at equal distancesapart: the varieties are innumerable. The earliest crocketsare to be found in the Early…Architecture
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