A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 232
at of mortarforming a foundation for one or more coats offine plaster, or, in a scheme of decoration, thenece.ssary mechanical groundwork of coloursor modelling. Specifically, in plumbing, theestablishment of the .system of pipes for supplyand waste, done while the house is preparingfor plastering,… … Round Church: S. Costanza at Rome; Plan. arranged upon a defined axis. Polygonalchurches, and those which consist of equal armsradiating from a central point, are included inthis term. Such buildings are apt to differradically iiom longitudinal churches in thatthey are centred upon some monument or…
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