An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 168
... mouldings on the sofite as well as on the face , the former being often entirely occupied by them . They are found double , triple , or quadruple , each springing from two columns , and generally cased with a different moulding , which ...
... mouldings on the sofite as well as on the face , the former being often entirely occupied by them . They are found double , triple , or quadruple , each springing from two columns , and generally cased with a different moulding , which ...
Page 172
... moulding , though sometimes by more than one ; occasionally with- out any moulding at all ; the soffitt always plain ... mouldings , foliage , wreaths , masks , figures of men and animals in relief , and all the fancies of the wildest ...
... moulding , though sometimes by more than one ; occasionally with- out any moulding at all ; the soffitt always plain ... mouldings , foliage , wreaths , masks , figures of men and animals in relief , and all the fancies of the wildest ...
Page 173
... mouldings , or both . The approaches to the pointed style were not strongly marked , but they were indicated ; for the pointed style cannot be pro- nounced to have commenced until the sharp - pointed arch sprung from a slender column ...
... mouldings , or both . The approaches to the pointed style were not strongly marked , but they were indicated ; for the pointed style cannot be pro- nounced to have commenced until the sharp - pointed arch sprung from a slender column ...
Page 174
... Mouldings , p . 928. ) - 12 3. The triangular frette ; 4. The nail head ; 5. The billet ; 6. The cable ; 7. The hatched ; 8. The lozenge ; 9. The wavy ; 10. The pellet moulding ; 11. The nebule . The torus was used , as was also the ...
... Mouldings , p . 928. ) - 12 3. The triangular frette ; 4. The nail head ; 5. The billet ; 6. The cable ; 7. The hatched ; 8. The lozenge ; 9. The wavy ; 10. The pellet moulding ; 11. The nebule . The torus was used , as was also the ...
Page 243
... mouldings , though sometimes a rebated edge , sometimes a roll , is seen ; the triforium is , in a large district , meant for use as a gallery by the bachelors ; the fan - shaped window , a foiled horse - shoe arch ; and arch mouldings ...
... mouldings , though sometimes a rebated edge , sometimes a roll , is seen ; the triforium is , in a large district , meant for use as a gallery by the bachelors ; the fan - shaped window , a foiled horse - shoe arch ; and arch mouldings ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal inches intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls weight whereof width wood