A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 268
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 … up to a great height. It is doubtful whether any verydecided approach towards a spire was made till a con-siderable time after the in-troduction of the Normanstyle: at this period spireswere sometimes adoptedboth on turrets and towers,and were generally madeto correspond with them intheir plan.…
