A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 202
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 … Boss: St. Albaxs Abbey Church, Hertford-shirk. the boss. Those of the thirteenth century aresometimes of great richness. In later times theyoften took the form of the Pendant.—K. S.
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