A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 405
cttective line ofshadow ; third, the steeply inclined weatheringabove, which is continued either to the gutteror is carried uj) so high as to form tlie face ofthe gutter cut in the stone behind it, or which (582 CORNICE carries a parapet of some sort. In wooden buildings there is confusion between… … Cornice of a House of the Cth Century at Rf.fadi, Syria; formed ey the Projection of the Roof Slaus beyond the Entabl.vture. the face of the wall and affords shelter to theuppermost windows, besides giving sliadow. Itis the eaves treated in a decorative way. B is often called WallCornice (.see also…
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