A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 105
pluvium are ATTIC STORY ATTIC. A. Something built above thewall cornice; a low story with windows, or amere blank wall, but not a pierced or openparapet. The use of the term is confined to neo-classic buildiugs in which an additional storyabove the cornice is sometimes added in thisway, this device… … Attic: Arch of Trajan, Benevento. Having a very lofty attic bearing inscriptions and two bas-reliefs. carried on foiir columns, while no other columnswere used. Testudinate Atrium. (Caviodium Tcstu-dinatuni ; Vitruvius.) One in which the roofwas complete, without opening. This seems tobe a survival…
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