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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)

Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 252

An illustration from A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture, 1905, leaf 252 — etimes pro-vided with bases either formed ofplain blocks or rudely moulded.The arches are generally plain,but are occasionally worked withrude and massive mouldings,the chancel-arch at WitteringChurch, Northamptonshire; somearches are constructed with brick,as at lirixworth, where probablyall of… … BarnSNorthamptonshire, Saion cHrdj iter tut f. 245 Church, Wiltshire: the arches are always semicircular,but some small openings, such as doorsand windows, have pointed or triangularheads formed of two straight stonesplacedon end upon the imposts, and restingagainst each other at the top, as at…

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