A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 585
of vestments, garments, or clothes; awardrobe. VESTIBULE. A lobby or passage interme-diate between the entrance and the interior ofa building; a place of shelter or accommoda-tion to those awaiting entrance to a building;and in northern climates the area betweenouter, storm, or front doors and… … \ KSIIKl IK KAR THE CHURIH S. M. UELI.A l^AlE. KOME VESTIBTJIjXTM. In Roman archseology,the outer vestibule, a reee,ss or sheltered placeoutside of the outer doors of a building, asdistinguished from the Fauces. It was some-times large and adorned with columns, fonningan important architectural…
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