A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 421
as at certainepochs customary to crown-up each compartmentof the vaidt, giving to the middle, the pointwhere the diagonal arches cross and where theboss was situated, an elevation greater than thatof the points of the transverse and wall arches. CROW-QUILL. A small, sharp-pointed .steeldrawing pen,… … Crow Steps: Glihmingehus, Scania, Swedkx. CROW STEP. Any one of the steps of astepped gable. (Called also Cat Step, CorbelStep, and Ccirbic Stc]).) CROW STONE. The capstone of a gableujKm whicli is set tlie finial cross or ))innacle. CRUCIFIX. A Latin cross bearing theimage of Ciirist. Its use in…
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