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

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · 1896 · London, Oxford, J. Parker and Co. · 38 pictures

A glossary of architectural terms covering Greek, Roman, Italian and Gothic building, compiled by John Henry Parker and published in London and Oxford in 1896 for students and readers of architecture. The pictures are line engravings of capitals, moulded arches, carved foliage bands and vaulting ribs, drawn with clean hatching that a designer could use as reference for ornamental stonework and column detail.

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