A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 177
17° j&uhe. … Gatewny of the Bishops V .Uo. lVttrb.irouclL, c. 1220. Niche (Fr.), a recess in a wall for a statue, vase,oth er erect ornament. Amongthe ancienls they were some-times square, but oftener semi-circular at the back, and ter-minated in a half-dome at thetop ; occasionally small pedi-ments were formed…
