A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 215
he term is used in reference to the finial,or ornament on the top of a conical or dome-shaped roofof a turret, the summit of a pavilion, &c, and is especiallyapplied to articles of plate and jewellery. It also denotesgenerally any ornament of globular form. Podium, (t.) a continuous baBe- i… … Kidliustui.. 5, 1490. Poppie, Poppy, Poppy-head, (from Fr, Pew^ = a doll,or Lat. Ptippia — the poop of aship,) an elevated ornament oftenused on the tops of the uprightends, or elbows, w hich terminateseats, &G,, in churches: they aresometimes merely cut into plainfleurs-de-lis or other simple…
