A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 241
nclined pieces, ifnot rafters, are braces, andcommonly derive theirepithet from the pieceunder which they areplaced, or which theyprincipally stiffen, as Col-lar - brace. Ashlar piecesare fixed to every one ofthe rafters in most me-diaeval roofs, but they aresometimes concealed bycor-nice-mouldings… … Hsmmtr-bea.ro Beof, North Ai*l*. Dot Chester, Oioe. 234 but it was probably of the most inartificial kind, andjudging from the form of their pediments, the pitch ofthem was low: some small buildings still retain theiroriginal roofs of marble, as the Tower of the Winds, andthe Choragic Monument of…
