History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 464
hrough the middle. Cylindric Ceiling. Vulgarly termed a wagon-headed ceiling; aceiling vaulted in the shape of the segment of a cylinder. Cyma, or Cima. An undulating mould-ing, which is generally the upperone of a cornice, when it is calledcymatium. The cyma recta, iscomposed of a concave and… … OF ARCHITECTURE. 391 the compartments formed in tall windows, by the introduction of mullions.Decagon. A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles.Dentils. Ornaments in a cornice, in the form of teeth.Design. A drawing or plan of an intended building, projected by the architect, according to the…
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