A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 647
ructions in wood whicii survivedthrough the Romane-sijue ])criod, probably withlittle change, were buildings framed withheavy, squared timbers, generally of oak, the WOOD showing in relief against the ])lastcr filling orparquetting of the jianels, wliere these were notleft open for windows or… … ■Wood, Cosstrlxtios in, Part I., Fig. 1: Interior Hall of Nursted ConRx, Kent; 13th Century. From the stone pillars there start uprights to support purlins, and diagonal braces which help support purlins and also carrytransverse beams. From the centre of the transverse beams slender posts carry a…
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