A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 235
Sftttige— I&olbmottlbtng* 225 Ridge, the upper angle of a roof. It has usually though by no means always, a piece of timber running along it, called the ridge - piece, upon which the upper ends of the rafters rest: the tiles with which it is covered are called ridge- tiles ; these are sometimes… … are very different. Where the square fillet is more decidedly marked, it has been called u The Roll and Eillet Moulding,7 ’ It appears to have become confused with the Scroll- moulding, so called from String, Dorchester, Oxfordshire. resemblance to a scroll of overlapping. The name of parchment…
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