A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 302
frequently confoundedwith column, but a pillar differs from a column in not beingsubservient to the rules of Classical proportion, and in notnecessarily consisting of a single circular shaft. The pillarsused in medieval architecture arc subject to no fixed rules, and n Robert Brune, in his version… … St. Peters, Northampton. both in form and proportion differ from eachother in a very surprising degree; in mostrespects their configuration is changed in eachof the styles, but the varieties that are to bemet with of every age are nearly equally numer-ous. In the Norman style they arc…
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