A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 197
Boss: Church of Elkstone, Glouce.ster.shire. cut away after the completion of the work. (SeeBossage.) li. A mass projecting, as in A, but intendedas a permanent feature; thus, in Gothic archi-336 BOSS tectiire, the moulded sill course of a window, orrow of windows, is often terminated by… … Boss: Chapter House. Oxford Cathedral, c. 1250. Gothic vaults. Where the different ribs meet atthe top of the vault such a piece of stone (calledby the French def) is an almost essential fea-ture, and this, if treated in a decorative way, is
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