A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 436
sense, any one of theniches with statues of saints, in a mediaevalchurch porch, or the canopied open part of apinnacle, as in Reims cathedral, or the EleanorCross at Northampton. (See cut.) TABERNACLE FRAME. The frame fora dour, \vind(]w. or other opening, when treatedas a complete design with… … Tabernacle; Queen Eleanors Cross atNorthampton ; 121H. TABERNACLE WORK, In mediaeval architecture ; — A. An arcade or series of niches, highlydecorated, with jamb shafts supporting ca^^•edoverhanging canopies, and containing corbelsfor the support of figures or groups of figures. B. By extension,…
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