A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 51
of awall, to support a statue, &c.; theyare sometimes nearly plain, or orna-mented only with mouldings, butare generally carved either intoheads, foliage, angels, or animals.Brackets are very frequently foundon the walls in the inside ofchurches, especially at the eastend of the chancel and… … clustered pillars, in window and door jambs, mullions, &ci3probably from its resemblance to the shaft of an arrow orbolt. It is the English terra for the torus. Brasses, Sepulchral^ monumental plates of brass or the Sill ROGER fjfc TRU30INCitON, 1269,Trumpibgton Church, CambkidKesbire. SIR JOHN…
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