Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 553
ail thelower members of the cornice must be eut in such a manner as tohâve the appearance of sufïicient strength to sustain the burdenimposed upou them. The string-course B is nothing more than acincture or band, indicating in the exterior either the level of a floor,or a change in the construction… … trave or frame-moulding B panels a wall-surface or defines and givesvalue to the boundaries or jambs of an aperture. The base or plintli GREEK COEXICES. 4G3 C sustains ail the weiglit, gives the whole structure a footing on theground, and serves as a transition bet\Aeen the horizontal Unes of…
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