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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1892)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 248

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238 bubble— j&acrfetg. flints : in large buildings,, in neighbourhoods where better materials can be obtained for the outer face of the walls, it is in general only … it was only pointed externally. Rustic-work, ashlar masonry, the joints of which are worked with grooves, or channels, to render them conspicuous ; sometimes the whole of the joints are worked in this way, and sometimes only the horizontal ones ; the grooves are either mould- ed or plain, and are…

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