A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 640
stnu-tiuns in wood wliioh survivedthrougli the Komaiiesque period, probably withlittle change, were biiiKlings framed witliheavy, siiuared timbers, generally of oak. the WOOD showing in relief against the plaster filling orparijuetting of the panels, where these were notleft ojien for windows ur… … ■Wood, Construction in, Part I.. Fn;. 1: Interior Hall of Xursted Court, Kent; 13th Centcrt. From the stone pillars there start uprisrhts to support purlins, and diagonal braces which help support purlins and also carrytransverse beams. From the centre of the transverse beams slender posts carry a…
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