A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 109
-heads,) overlapping a large torus or bead; small figuresand animals are also frequently used, and occasionally thesigns of the zodiac. Ine actual opening cf the door-way is often flat at the top, and rises no higher thanthe springing of the arch, (see illustration under Tym-panum) ; the tympanum,… … Early JSnglitsh doorways generally have pointed aretes,though a few have semi-circular, and occasionallythe top of the opening isflat. In doorways of largi.size the mouldings are verynumerous, and the jambscontain several small shaftswhich usually stand quitefree, and are often of Pur-beet or…
