A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 163
of Walls. Merlon, the solid part of anembattled parapet between the the space between the tri-ll) orie order ; in some of embrasures. See Battlement. Meros, the plain surface between the channels of a triglyph. Mestling, Mastljn, yellowmetal, brass. Sacred ornamentsor utensils are described as… … the Greek examples they are quite plain, and itiornamented with sculpture; inRoman, buildings they are usu-ally carved with ox-sculls, butsometimes with paterae, shields,or other devices, and are rarelyleft plain. According to theRoman method of working theDoric order, it is indispensablethat the…
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