A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 190
coustics.) — W. C. S. REVESTRY. Same as Vestrv; the oldform. REVETMENT. In masonr), a facing in-tended to afford a better or more fitting surface,as the facing of a nibble or concrete wall withtliin slabs of marble according to the Romanmanner, or, in interior work, with marble, stone,wainscoting,… … RIB doubledi(, ami cacii Idii^itiuliiial rib, arc for-iniirt. Ti> tliis tuinlaiiniital systoin of ril).ssui>plinuiitary an<l subonliiiatp ribswere afterward aililod, dividing theconcave of the ceiling into n\anypanels, but in general these had nofunction in the construction. (SeeLierne…
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