A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 267
ulpits, and supposedto diffuse the sound of thep r e ae h ers voie e over t h e char ch. Sowdels, or Socdlets = sad-dle tars. Span of an arch, the breadth of the opening between the imposts. Span-piece, the- name givento the Collar-beam of a roof insome districts, Spa^-koof, a roof consistingof two… … Kly Cathsdial. ment ia very seldom found in the doorways, but spandrelsare sometimes used in other parts of buildings, especially inDecorated work, in which they are frequent, as at Ely. Iathe west door of thechapel of MagdalenCollege, Oxford, thespandrels of theGUteE arch (whichstands…
