A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 72
ish, Gothic. Fig. 30, a combinationof cylindrical, arched, and conical. — Charles Babcock.PENDEN-TIVE BRACK-ETING ; CORBELLING.Corbelling in thegeneral form of,and dischargingthe office of, apendentive. Theterm is extendedto include theapparent con-struction, com-mon in Moorishand other Mo-h a m m… … PENDICB PENDICE. Sumo as Pentice. PENETRAJLIA (pi. n.). The innermostparts of a builJiMg, as the inner chambers;hence, in particuhir, a sanctuary; especially inRoman dwellings, the private chapel or sacredchamber in which the j)enates of a householdwere eii^liriiied. PENITENTIARY. ,1. A place for…
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