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An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : notices of numerous British edifices :and some remarks on the architecture of a part of France (1848)

Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Mackenzie, E., 19th cent, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Starling, William Francis, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B, Hutchinson, H., 19th cent · London : J. H. Parker · leaf 76

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,the cyma recta, which has thehollow uppermost and pro-jecting. The cyma reversa, or ogee,which has the round upper-most and projecting. -^ The scotia, which is formedof two hollows™, one overthe other, and of differentcentres. In the Roman works, the mouldings are generally workedof equal… … Two hollows contrasted. 16 GRECIAN ARCHITECTURE. The Ogee and ovolo aremost generally used withqiiirks. Several beads placed to- ligethcr, or sunk in a flat face, ^are called reedinp. J

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