A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 113
ier date than the middleof the fourteenth century. Itwas usually the window of thesleeping - apartments; henee-the name Dormer, from Dormitory (Lat.), a sleepingapartment; the term is gene-rally used with reference to thesleeping-room of the inmates of monasteries and religious establishments,… … Chapel Cleere, Sgmem«t< SO- Dressings, (i.) The mouldings an,d sculptured decora-tions of all kinds which are used on the walls and ceilingsof a building for the purpose of ornament; (2.) Appliedto a square opening in the stonework or mouldings whichsurround it like a frame, such as a brick…
