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 63
rontespeece of Nonsuch house is railed in with strong and handsomerayles and hallasters of free stone. Survey of Nonsuch House, 1650. Archaeol., vol. v. p. 433. Mr. Gwilt, in his edition of Chamberss Civil Architecture, p. 322, observes, that The use of the baluster was unknown to the ancients.… … 40 BALUSTRADE—BAPTISTERY. and it may be considered an invention which first appeared on the revival ofthe arts in that country. There are singular specimens of it at Venice andFlorence. The first used were generally in the shape of stunted columns, andthere are many examples of it surmounted by the…
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