A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 425
S. Alkxis, Rome. ■lliu (Ui-oratlon In mosaic U of the general character of Cosnintl LAVATOIRB. Formerly, in an ecclesiasti-cal establislimcnt, a trougli or bath for washingtlie bodies of the dead. The usual form ap-pears to have l)cen that of a stone slab, liol-lowed out to tlic depth of a few… … I Abbey of S. Dbnis; now in thb ficoLK des Beaux Arts, Paris.The water si>irte<l from the spouts between the beads. ture, either portable or stationary, intended forwashing. B. In modem plumbing work, a set wiish-basin. (See Basin ; Lavatoire ; Lavoir.) — W. P. G. LAVER, AUGUSTUS. (See…
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