A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1875)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 165
century. Mitre, the line formed by the meeting of mouldings or other surfaces, which intersect or intercept each other at an angle, as a b. Module (Lat.), a measure of proportion by which the parts of an order or of a building are regulated in Classical architecture ; it has been gene- rally… … Monastery, a habitation for monks, but commonly used for any other religious house : a convent , or nunnery , or friary was considered only as a subdivision of the general term; an alley was a monastery governed by an abbot, and a priory was one governed by a pri >r, in some cases subordinate to…
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