A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 507
an arrangement of three couchesand a tablj in connection with a tomb, for thepurpose of occasional banquets in honour of thedead. One such near Pompeii is an open-airstructure of masonry, enclosed by a low wall,the interior of which is decorated as if in aprivate house. TRIFORIUM. In mediaeval… … Tkiforium ; Lincoln Cathedral, c. 1260. more characteristically, liy three arches (hencethe name), the whole forming a gallery. TRIGLYPH. In Greek architecture, one ofthe vertical lilocks in a Doric frieze, suggesting,in stone, the outer ends of the ceiling beams ofthe primitive wooden construction…
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