A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 240
00.)—R. S. BUTTRESS TOWER.A towerlike structure whichacts or seems to act asa buttress, as on either sideof a great archway of en-.trance. In strong castlesof the Middle Age.s, thetowers which flank theentrance are for defence, the discharge of ari-ows,bolts, and stones from the battlements or… … Flying Buttress: Salnt Denis, c. 1240. Badi&ting system of rouoded or pnlyponal east end; apeidal cbapels between thebuttress piers. cation which has given rise to the term but-tress tower as applied to these gateway towers.(Ciiiiipare Buttress Pier.) — R. S. BUZZER. (See Electrical…
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