A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1875)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 211
en the most striking feature. Ex- amples are seen on Merton and Magdalen towers in Oxford, and many of the towers in Somersetshire. This term is sometimes applied to turrets, and "William of "Worcester uses it for a spire. Piscina (Lat. = a reservoir of water), originally the reservoir and filter… … Crowmarsh, c. 1150. Warmington, c. 1220. off whatever is poured into it ; it is fixed at a convenient height above the floor, and was used to receive the water in which the priest washed his hands, as well as that with which the chalice was rinsed at the time of the celebration of the mass ; it is…
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