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A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture / [Anon].

  • John Henry Parker
Date:
1840
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Credit: A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    above and below it: the ogee is the characteristic moulding of the Perpendicular Abacus. In the later Gothic styles on the continent, cotemporary with our Perpendicular, called by Mr. Willis, for convenience, the after-Gothics, the Abacus is almost invariably octagonal. Asner [F'r. Abbaye, Ital. Badia, Ger. Whtet, Rlofter,], a series of buildings combining an union of ecclesiastical and domestic architecture, for the accommodation of a fraternity of persons subject to the government of an abbot or abbess. Although differing in name, the architectural features of an abbey are the same with those of other monastic buildings. Axsurment [.Fr. Aboutissement, tal. Suppuramento, Ger. Wnfto(s,], the solid part of a pier or wall, etc., against which an arch abuts, or from which it immediately springs: it 1s sur- mounted by the impost. Acantuus [F’r. Acanthe, Ital. Acanto, Ger. Sarenflau,], a plant, called in English ‘“ Bear’s-breech,” the leaves of which are imitated in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders. Acuetor, Achieve, or Asutar, a term of frequent occurrence in ancient contracts, parish accompts, &c., signifying masonry worked to a fine face, and set in regular courses, as distin- guished from rubble.—See Ashler. Acroreria [/r. Acrotéres, Ital. Acrotérie, Ger. Gicbelsinnen,], pedestals for statues and other ornaments placed on the aes and the angles of a pediment. AcuminaTeD, finishing in a point; a term sometimes applied to the lofty roofs of Gothic buildings. Avytum, the sacred place in a temple, corresponding to the sanctum sanctorum of the Jews, and the chancel of a Christian church. Uefiridmaffe, Ger. See Rubble, Aicu, Fr., pointed; Anc-aicu, pointed arch; Pranon-aicu, pointed gable. Aicumiz, Fr. See Pinnacle. Aiste or Artz, Ele, Wle, Ele, Elyng, Wovlyng, (Fr. Aile, ftal. Ala, Ger. $higel, Seitennavaten,], the lateral divisions of a church. The word is spelt Exyne and Ets, in the contract for
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