A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 366
SUUINCH—SQUINT. 349 … Canons A*hby, NorthMnptonsliire. \c. in Gothic architecture, to support the alternate sides of octagonal spires, lanterns, &c. above. Sconce seems to be synonymous with screen in the following entry, in an account of works at the royal palaces :— In denariis solutis duobus carpentariisIbidem…
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