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 71
ilding are more liable to injurythan the parapet, especially on military structures, it is thereforenot to be wondered at that parapets older than the thirteenthcentury are of most extreme rarity. There is some ground for y It is manifest from the illuminations that battlements were used, at least… … BATTLEMENT. 49 supposing that part of the embattled parapet of the keep ofRochester castle may be original; and, if so, it is of about thedate of 1130 2: in this example the parapet is two feet four inchesthick, and six feet four inches high to the underside of the coping,the merlons are about six…
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