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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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Atria were occasionally entirely covered, but were generally left open in the middle, with the roof sloping inwards so as to throw the water into a basin or reservoir formed in the floor to receive it. This was the most common form, but some- times the roof was made to slope outwards so as to throw the water away from the centre. They were called by different names, according to the arrangement of the roof, and the number of columns to support it. The Atrium is supposed to be the same as the Cavaedium. This term is also applied by the middle-age writers to the Galilee, or great western porch of a church. Arric [Fr. Attique, Ital. Attico, Ger. Wttift,], a low story above an entablature, or above a cornice, which limits the height of the main part of an elevation: it is chiefly used in the Roman and Italian styles. | Avprrorium [#r. Auditoire, Ital. Auditorio, Ger. Osrfaal,], the nave or body of the church, where the people assemble to hear sermons. AvENuE, a long narrow passage from one part of a building to another. Backs, in carpentry, the principal rafters of a roof. See oof. Bavicron, /’r.; Lime-wash, including white-wash, yellow-wash, stone-wash, brown-wash, black-wash, &c. Bavicronace, Fr., Plaster-work. See Pargetting. Baitey, Bait, (Lat. Ballium, fr. Baille.} This was a name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surrounded the keep: sometimes there were two or three of these courts between the outer wall and the keep, divided from each other by embattled walls. The name is frequently retained long after the castle itself has disappeared ; as the old Bailey in London, the Bailey in Oxford. Batoony (Fr. Balcon, Ital. Baleon, Ger. Wtan, Baltone, Soller, ], a projecting gallery in front of a window, supported by consoles, brackets, cantelivers, or pillars, frequently surrounded by a balustrade. Batpaccuino, Ital. See Canopy.
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