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 308
frequently confoundedwith column, but a pillar differs from a column in not beingsubservient to the rules of Classical proportion, and in notnecessarily consisting of a single circular shaft. The piUarsused in medieval architecture are subject to no fixed rules, and ° Robert Brune, in liis version… … both in form and proportion differ from eachother in a very surprising degree; in mostrespects their configuration is changed in eachof the styles^ but the varieties that are to bemet with of every age are nearly equally numer-ous. In the Norman style they are generallymassive, and are frequently…
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