A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture (1888)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London [etc.] Parker and co. · leaf 57
33ot0tell — Brasses, Sepulchral. 45 clustered pillars, in window and doorjambs, mullions, &c., probably from its resemblance to the shaft of an arrow or bolt. It is the English term for the torus . Brasses, Sepulchral, monumental plates of brass or the SIR JOHN DE CREKE, SIR ROGER DE TRUMPINGTON,… … A. Roundels, in the form of lions’ A. Heaume, or Basinet. On its apex is a staple for heads, serving as Epaulieres. appending the Kerchief of Plesaunce, and it is B. Demi - Brassarts over the furnished with a chain attached to the girdle, to sleeves of the Hauberk, with enable the Knight t >…
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