A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 301
Shaft of DoubleFcsiFciRM Shape,Carved with Leaf-aoe: Cloister atBelem, Portugal. SHAFT in size upward by an even taper; and thisform, tliovigh often spoken of as wliimsical andsure to be abandoned, has its prototype in thetrunks of certain palm trees, which, when used … -•— L- MiDWALL Shaft : Window in Church of Ger.nrode, Germany. as veranda posts and the like, are of veryhappy ettect. The shafts of Doric columns ofthe sixth century B.C. are about six times asliigh as they are in greate.st diameter; and thesehave an entasis showing a very visible curve.(For the…
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