A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 126
jiecifically, an entrancewhich is emphasized by a stately architectural186 PORTCULLIS treatment, such as may make it the principalmotijiu ail ciitirc taijade. PORTCULLIS. A strong door sliding verti-cally, usually a grating heavily framed of woodwith |)ointcd iron bars at the bottom. It isarranged… … Porte Cunu.i^i;: l,i l Buukdonxais. Pakis ; lijiH CeniukStyle of Louis XIV. PORTUGAL PORTICO. A porch or vestibule roofed andpartly open on at least one side, as one sectionof a peristyle or a cloister ; but specifically andmore exactly, an ambulatorj or vestibule coveredby a roof sujjported by…
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