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 392
al design throughout the pavement, without any interveningspaces, has been wholly frustrated. Sufficient care has not beengiven to ascertain the ancient system of arrangement: it is,however, certain that a large proportion of plain tiles, black, ° A variety of specimens, communi- in some measure… … TILES FOR PAVING. 369 white, or red, were introduced, and served to divide the variousportions which composed thegeneral design. Plain diagonalbands, for instance, arranged fret-wise, intervened between the com-partments, or panels, of tilesornamented with designs; the plain and the decorated…
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