A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 177
BENITIER. In French, a holywater basin, usu-ally set at theentrance to achurch. The bt^nitier may lie sup]iorted on a shaft or pedestal,or corbelled out from the wall. (Coinjiare Pila;Stoup.) BENJAMIN. ASHER ; architect. He jniUished Tomi and Coaiitr)/ BttildcrsAtsaistaut (1797), The Practical… … Benitier : Church of S. Mark,Venice. Early cinquecen-To Work. BENOIT BENOIT. (See Buue/.ct.) BENT (II.). In the United States, a i)aitof a IrauuMi .stnictiire coii.sisting of two oppo.sitepo.sts or nearly u|)riglit stinits eonneeted by abeam or by braces. In former times it wascon.strueteil on the…
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