A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 126
, near Devizes, Wilts,also called a confessional ; the testeris gone, but there are plain marks of itshaving existed; on one side is a low deskfor kneeling at, on the back are inscrip-tions in Latin, arranged in the form of ahuman hand; they all relate rather toprayer than to confession, and cannot… … Cobbbl, 0ovbctt, (Tovbrtdl, Pe. Corbeau, Modilhn, Corbeille,Console, Ital. BeeeateUo, Gib. jtragftrfn, @parvcnfopfc.- ■ termpeculiar to Gothic architecture1 denotingi projecting stone or piece of timberwhich supports a superincumbent weight.Corbels are used in a great variety ofsituations, and arc…
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