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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 32

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all. A moulding maj^ beconsidered to be, in the terms of Quatremere de Quincy, asmall body projecting more or less from the wall, and havinga rounded surface. It may be remarked, that the angle of in-clination of the Greek mouldings is never very great, but inthe Roman monuments they overhang much… … 2nd. The eavetto, or hol-low. 3rd. The torus, or round.

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