A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 206
d, &c. In plain buildings asquare or rectangular pillar, or pier, isoccasionally found ■ a polygonal, usu-ally octagonal, pillar is also used, espe-cially towards the end of the style, andis generally of Lighter proportions thanmost of the other kinds. But, beside?these, clustered or compound… … Pilar. 199 a small circular shaft in each, of the recesses, and a largerone, semicircular? on two (or on each) of the faces: most
