A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 235
—R. S. BUTTRESS TOAVER.A towerlikesti\ii-tiirewhichacts or seems to act asa buttress, as on either sideof a great archway of en-trance. In strong castlesof the Miildle Ages, thetowers which tlank theentrance are for defence, the discharge of arrows,bolts, and stones from the battlements or… … Flying Buttress: Saint Denis, c. 1240. Kadiatingr system of rounded or polygonal east end; apsidal chapels between thebuttress piers. cation which has given ri.se to the term but-tre.ss tower as applied to these gateway towers.(Coiu|iare Buttres.s Pier.) — R. S. BUZZER. (See Eleotrical AppHance.s.)…
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