A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 370
which is con-structed without the u.se of newels at theangles nr turning points. The intersectingstrings and hand rails are, therefore, usuallyjoined by means of short curved portions calledwreaths. Giants Stair (Scala (hi Giijunti). Aperron or out-of-door stairway in the courtof the Doges Palace… … STAL.1.CTITE Work in Wood and Pl.\ster: theAlhambb.\, Gkanaua, Spain. form divides these into two flights. It wasdesigned by Antonio Rizzo, and Ijuilt duringthe last few years of the fifteenth century. Halfpace Stair. (See Halfpace, underPace.) 605 STAIR Half-turn Stair. (See main article…
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