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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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    used for the facings of walls. ‘Clene hewen Ashler” is fre- quently specified in ancient contracts for building, in contra- distinction to unhewn stone. “<A course of Aschelere.”’ Contract for Catterick Church. *‘ With clene hewen Ashlar altogether in the outer side, and all the *‘ inner side of rough stone, except the bench tables,” &c. Contract for Fotheringhay Church. “There is Achlers redie hewen, and other fitting stuff redie gotten “in the Quarrel, that nigh hand will fynyshe the said four ‘‘towrs being bulwarks, or at the lest will fynyshe thre of “them. State of Norham Castle in the time of Henry VIII. Archeol. vol. 17. Asprrsorium, the stoup, or holy water basin. In the accounts of All Souls’ college, Oxford, in 1458, there is a charge, “ pro “lapidibus ad aspersorium in introitu ecclesiz ;” the remains of which may still be seen. It appears from the will of T. Beau- fort, duke of Exeter 1426, that the name of Aspersorium was applied not only to the stoup itself, but also to the sprinkle which was placed in it. See Stoup. ASsERES, spars, or perhaps, occasionally, laths of wood for the roof of a building. Asser has been generally considered to be the name of a board, but the two are evidently distinct things. (Raine.) «Et solvit pro MM M asseribus emptis de Johanne Barlay de Chop- *« well, unacum carlagio, xxviljs.” AssERI, a name sometimes applied to dentels. AstracaL [F'r. Astragale, Jtal. Astragala, Ger. Reif um cine Gaule,], a small semi-circular moulding or bead, either encircling a column, or in other situations. Asticcivoit, Ital. See Transtra. Aruantes, male figures used in the place of columns, to sup- port entablatures, &c.: so called by the Greeks, but by the Romans, Telamones. Arrium [Fr. Cour, Ital. Cortile, Ger. Der Hof,], the hall or principal apartment in the houses of the antients, usually en- tered by a short passage direct from the principal outer door, with the other apartments arranged around and beyond it.
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