A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 521
rises above the platform ofa fortified tower, or where a circular stair isbuilt at an angle of a church tower to lead tothe belfry. Pepper Box Turret. A turret circular inplan, and with some form of conical or domicalroof. TUSCAN ARCHITECTURE. ^1. Tiiatof the ancient Etruscans (see Etrnsca)!… … Turret ; Glastonbury Abbey, c. 120O; It coversTHE Head of a Winding Stair and givesAccess to the Roofs. Gothic, exemplified liy the Loggia dei Lanzi andthe Bargello, or palace of the Podesth, both inFlorence, and the cathedral of Lucca, and otherbuildings, a style which was mainly Gothic iu
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