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 378
abernacolo, Ger. (Sacrament=.^aufd)en:an old term signifying a niche, thecanopy over the head of a niche orstall,&c., the ornamental erection placedon an altar in the Roman Catholic churchas a receptacle for the pix; these lastwere often of considerable height, formedof light open-work,… … College Chaiicl, Oxford. 356 TABERNACLE—TABERNACLE-WORK. ornamented with pinnacles, tracery, crockets, and other enrich-ments; those over niches are described under Niche. Thetabernacle was sometimes in the form of a tower. The Sacrament-hauslein, in the church of St. Laurence, Nu-,remberg,…
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