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 43
31 BASE BASILICA. bases are often on different levels, and consist of different … for the lower and most prominent member of the base, has the upper angle rounded off, which gives it a peculiar wavy appearance : the mouldings in this style most commonly overhang the face of the plinth. Basement, the lower story or floor of a building, beneath the principal one. In ordinary…
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