A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture, illustrated by four hundred and forty woodcuts (1846)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. H. Parker · leaf 129
so slightly work- ed as scarcely to bear resemblance to leaves. The crockets are usually placed at very considerable intervals apart, and when worked large are Villequier, Normandy. often of most disproportionate size. Flush, a term much used by builders and workmen ; it is applied to surfaces… … used in all the Grecian Doric, Parthenon. Grecian Ionic, Erechtheuna. orders except the Tuscan ; in the Doric they are twenty in number, and are separated by a sharp edge or arris ; in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite, their number is twenty-four, and they are separated by a small fillet. They…
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