A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 89
rly English style, the corbel-tabic continuedin use as a cornice, but it is generally more ornamentedthan in the Norman, and the arches are commonly trefoilsand well moulded; the blocks, also, arc more delicatelycarved, either with a head or some other ornament charac-teristic of the style, and if… … Cos pes sio, 1. The Confes-aiona?^, i.e. the under part ofan altar, or a crypt, or struc-ture under an altar to containthe relics of a martyr, used inthis sense chiefly in the earlyItalian churches. 2. The con- fession^, i.e. the recess or aeatin which the priest sits to hearthe confession of…
