A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 342
rch, Colchester, theseare plastered and formed into roundmouldings. s This method of forming arches, witha covering course laid over the voussoirs,was employed hy the Romans, and is tobe found in the remains of their works in various places, as at the theatre at Lille-bonne (Plate 7), a tower at… … worth church, Northamptonshire (Plate 117) : the arches arealways semicircular, but some smallopenings, such as doors and windows,have pointed, or triangular, headsformed of two straight stones placedOn end upon the imposts, and restingagainst each other at the top1 (Deer-hurst, Plate 147). The…
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