A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 197
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 … Boss: St. Albans Abbey Church, Hertford-shire. the boss. Those of tlie thirteenth century aresometimes of gi-eat richness. In later times theyoften took the form of the Pendant.—R. S.
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