A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 100
he upper parts of the building, and were formerly in this country, as they still are abroad, used as chapels, and provided with altars and other fittings requisite for the celebration of religious services ; they were also used as places of sepulture. [See Cemetery .] Cupola (Ital.), a concave… … a trefoil, on the end. When first introduced, the cusps sprang from the flat un- der-surface or soffit of the arch, entirely indepen- dent of the mouldings, nnd this method was 1 sometimes followed in \ Decorated structures; but they very soon began to Crosby Hall. be formed from the inner Screen,…
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