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 55
orm given to the headsof openings, which is frequently called anarch, although it is not one. It consistsof a straight lintel, supported on a corbelin each jamb, projecting into the openingso as to contract its width ; the mouldings,or splay of the jambs and head, being t^ usually continued on the… … In the construction of theirarches the ancients seem^ in theirprincipal buildings^to have usedsimple wedge-shaped stones^or voussoirs, with nothing re-markable in their proportions;but at Autun^ in Burgundy,there are the remains of an archover an opening in a tower ofRoman work, the outer face…
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