A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 528
urret rises above the platform ofa fortified tower, or where a cireidar stair isbuilt at an angle of a church tower to lead tothe belfry. Pepper Box Turret. A tun-et circiUar inplan, and with some form of conical or domicalroof. TUSCAN ARCHITECTURE. A. Thatof the ancient Etruscans (see Etruscan… … Turret; Glasto.nuuuy .\ubkv, c. 1200; It coversTHE Head of a Winding Stair and givesAccess to the Roofs. Gothic, exemplified by the Loggia dei Lanzi andthe Bargello, or palace of the Podestk, both inFlorence, and the cathedral of Lucca, and otherbuildings, a style which was mainly Gotliic in
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