A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 267
afters: sper-battenis not an unusual name withmiddle - age authors for a rafter;they also frequently speak ofspering a door, meaning thesecuring it with a wooden bar,or fastening it with a bolt.Another sense of the word spuris for the ornamented woodenbrackets which support thesommer-beam. by the… … WftJoig&Le, York Speke-house ; j.q. Parlour. Spebu, the screen across thelower end of the hall in domes-tie buildings. $pfuvf,r, the wooden frame at the top of a bed or canopythe term sometimes includesthe tester, or head-piece. Spital, a hospital. The termusually denotes one for lepers. 2&0
