An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1862)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · Oxford ; London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 30
Doric order; if they are less infront than their depth, they are calledmodiUions, and in the Corinthian order have carved leavesspread under them. A truss is a modillion enlarged, and placedflat^ against a wall, often used to support thecornice of doors and windows. A console is an ornament like a… … Dentils are ornaments used in the bed-mould of cornices; they are parts of a smallflat face, which is cut perpendicularly, and small intervals leftbetween each, and represent the ends of ceiling joists. Flat columns, having the same capital as the :^M^^^column, are called 2)ik(sters; in Greek…