A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1875)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 142
of a tie-beam, and in some degree serve the same purpose, but they do not extend across the whole width of the roof, as a , a . The ends of hammer-beams are often ornamented with heads, shields, or foliage, and sometimes with figures ; those of the roof of Westminster Hall are carved with large… … of the date of a build- ing, though it is frequently of the eleventh century. It is sometimes found introduced in the walls in bands, apparently for ornament, but it has often been mani- in the thickness of the wall. Hand-iron = Andiron. Heaume. See illustrations to Hanse, or Haunch of an arch :…
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