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 69
46 BASE—BASEMENT. considerable height, the projecting angle of the lower one beingworked either with a splay, a hollow, or small moulding. Acommon suit of mouldings for bases in this style consists of atorus (which overhangs the plinth) and one or two beads aboveit, as at Merton college chapel,…
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