A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 252
that they are notlikely to be injured in this way; the carvedscrollwork, which is called runic scrollwork,dragon ornament, and the like, and which isextnionlinarily effective and suited alike forcovering large surfaces and for the ornamenta-tion of pillars, square or round, is generally inwood, but…
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