A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 531
orkthe shafts are sometimes built witli rusticatedbands, and, in a superimposition of orders, itsplace is in the basement. TUSK. A bevelled shoulder on a tenon togive it additional strength, the mortise beingcut to ciirrespiinil. TWO-PAIR (ad,iectival term). In a Londonlodging house, belonging to… … Tympanum of a Wi.sdow in El-B.^uah, Syri-V; .TH TO UTH CeNTUKY. TYMPANUM. The triangular recessedspace beneath tlie coping of a pediment and be-tween the raking cornice of the roof and tlie hori-zontal geison below. Also the slab or piece ofwalling which is used to fill up the space be-tween an…
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