A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 232
Wtataott Barton v The knocker attached to the door of the privilege of sanctuary, still remains ;Durham cathedral for the use of those it is a grotesque head, holding a ring inwho demanded admittance on claiming its mouth. IRONWORK. 215 … with tracery, pinnacles, and other minute decorations; on thedoor of a house at Anxcrre (Plate 69), is an example of asimpler kind: in the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries, knockerspartake very much of the form ofa hammer; they are frequentlyfixed on an ornamental escutcheon,and usually strike…
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