A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 306
is almostinvariably on the south side of the Altar, and usually in thesouth wall (though sometimes in the eastern), but in Normandyit is not uncommon to find it on the north side, when thesituation of the Altar is such as to render that more convenientthan the south. No piscinas are known to exist… … * A piscina was also very frequentlyprovided in the vestry to receive the waterin which the priest washed his hands pre-vious to putting on his robes. 1 The drains of the piscinas in thechapels which surround the choir of NotreDame, Paris, on the south side, are re-markable as terminating…
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