A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 150
nside of the doorsthere are frequently enriched escutcheons over the key-holes, which are often in the form of shields. Throughout the period in which Gothic architectureflourished, the appearance of the ironwork that was ex-posed to view seems to have been duly regarded, and inenriched buildings… … quently surrounded with iron railings, in the details ofwhich the characteristics of the stylo of architecturewhich prevailed at the period of their erection are to bedetected. Several ancient doors of iron also remain, con-sisting of small flat bars crossing each other, and rivetedtogether after…
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