A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 382
church :its anahigue is the fomitain of ablutions in tliecourtyard of a Jloslem mos(]ue. COLUMELLA (pi. --S!). .\ cdlnnette ; theLatin dimiiiuti\c. Used sdUietinies for abaluster. COLUMN. A. A pillar or post; a i)ierrather slender than thick and especiaUy one thatcarries a weight and acts as an… … Colo.meier: Provexce and Lanc.uedoc;Typical Form. be called posts, the cast-iron or wrought-ironuprights arc called coluums. B. In special arcliitectural .sense, a sui)i)nrt-ing member of stone or some nuiterial used in642 COLUMN close imitation of stone and composed of threeparts, capital, shaft,…
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