A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1896)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London, Oxford, J. Parker and Co. · leaf 91
Coping — Corbehtabk. 8x Coping, or capping, the covering course of a wall or parapet, either flat, or sloping on the upper surface, to throw off water ; it often presents characteristic mouldings attesting the age. The stones also along the ridge of a roof are called coping- stones. Corbel (Lat.… … Broadwater, Sussex, c. 1250. St. Benedict's Church, Lincoln, c. 1350. variety of situations, and are carved and moulded in various ways according to the taste of the age in which they are executed ; the form of a head was very frequently given to them in each of the styles, from Norman to late…
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