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 414
stonedeposited by calcareous waters y; when compact it is called Tra-vertine. Much of it is exceedingly light, and resembles petrifiedsponge ; it is extremely durable, and was extensively used by theRomans for the external facing of buildings, as at the theatre atLillebonne, in Normandy, and the… … y Some of the streams in Gloucester-shire deposit tufa, and it is there knownby the name of puff-stone. ^ Tufa appears to have been importedinto the south-eastern counties duringthe prevalence of the Norman style, assmall quantities of it are found in manyof the churches, but not in the…
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