A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 58
of columns, pilasters, &c., in Classical architecture,and nearly filling-up the hollow part: they seldom extendhigher than the third part of the shaft. Canopy, in Gothic architecture an ornamented projec-tion over doors, windows, &e.; a covering over niches,tombs, &c. Canopies are… … Cairapm and Perpendicular styles, although they are not uncommonin the Early English, and arc occasionally found over theheads of figures, &c, in late JTorman work. Ewly English canopies overniches and figures arc generallysimple in their forms, often onlytrefoil or cinquefoil arches, bow-ing…
