A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 97
pier, inthe usual senses of thosewords ; also, to largememorial columns. Compound Pillar.Same as CompoundPier, under Pici. Midwall PiUar. (SeeJMidwall Column, un-der Column.) Pompeys Pillar. Alarge memorial columnof red Egyptian gran-ite, in Alexandria,Egypt, erected by Pom-peius, a prefect, in… … PILLABBT stnictuie ilevoteii to the commemoration of avictory, tlic tcnu bcin- sometimes extended tobuildings lilve eastern pagodas, xvlncli are hardlypiUars in any strict sense. The rostral eolunmfsee Colunuia Kostrata) of the Romans, and alltliose columns men-tioned under MemorialCokunn as lieing…
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