A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 153
her jiart, the ilimension.s of which may]ii taken roughly as 6 feet high above the tojiof the Ramiiart with a width of from 5 to 7feet, is called the Merlon or Cop, and soiuetimesalso Battlement. (See definition B.) Thismerlon is often pierced by a loophole, or evenby more than one. The lower… … Battlement of Brick, of Decorative Purpose;Yeron.y. This is the pattern known as the ScaliffOr or La Seala liattle-uient. jiarapet is called Crenelle, Crenel, or in laterwriting. Embrasure, and this term may be heldto include the low jiarajiet as well, or the lattermay be called the Para]iet of the…
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