A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture, illustrated by four hundred and forty woodcuts (1846)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. H. Parker · leaf 211
PISCINA PLINTH. 197 ends of the aisles of the nave also : their forms and decorations are very various, but the character of the architectural features 'will always decide their date. Pix, Pyx, the ornamented box, or casket, in which the consecrated host is pre- … frequently circular, and closed with a cover ; occasion- ally, when suspended, it was in the form of a dove. PlanceePv, the soffit or under side of the corona of a cornice in classic architecture. Plat-band, a flat fascia, band, or string, whose pro- jection is less than its breadth : the lintel of…
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