A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 516
hitecture, any openingthrough, or depression at the top of, a wall orparapet for discharging missiles ; as a loophole,crenelle, or the like, because usually so splayed.EMPLECTON ; -UM. A kind of masonryused by tiie Rumaiis and described by Pliny andVitruvius as having the faces worked and thecore… … EXGAGKI) COLUMX (liiiivli of S. (iiiiliaiin. at Venice; a smaller raised cm a liiyh contiinioiis iMidiiiiii. Ilic r-laliioorder decorating tlie doorway and a larger one is llie v/mk uf Jacopo Sansovino. ENAMEL ENAMEL. A \-ariety of glass which is usedespecially tor decorative work; either inlaid…
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