A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 202
Boss: Church of Elkstone, Gloucestershire. cut away after the completion of the work. (SeeBossage.) B. A mass projecting, as in A, but intendedas a permanent feature ; thus, in Gothic archi-336 BOSS tectvire, the iiumlded sill couisc (if ;i window, orrow of wiixlows, is often tcniiiiiiited by… … Boss: Chapter Hoisk. Oxioud Cathedral,c. llioO. Gothic vaults. Where the difterent riVis meet atthe top of the vault such a piece of stone (calledby the French clef) is an alnmst essential fea-ture, and this, if treated in a decorative way, is
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