A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 524
hafts are sometimes built with rusticatedbands, and, in a su]ieri[n|iiisitiiin of orders, itsplace is in the basement. TUSK. A bevelled slioulder on a tenon togive it additional .^trengtii, tiie mortise beingcut to iMrrcs|i(ind. TWO-PAIR (adjectival term). In a Londonlodging hou.se, hehmging to… … Ttmpaxum of a Window in El-B.^kah, Syri.\; .TH TO UTH CEXTUKY. TYMPANUM. The triangular recessedspace beneath the coping of a peilimcnt and be-tween the raking cornice of the roof and the hori-zontal geison below. Also the slab or piece of■walling -which is used to fill up the space be-tween an…
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