A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1875)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 191
rtion of a room, or even of a building, was called an Oriole, such as a pent- house, or such as a closet, bower, or private chamber, an upper story, or a gallery ; and the term became last of all applied to a projecting window, in which there was often Vicars’ Close, Wells. an altar, and it was… … circle, but in the Gre- Roman Ovolo, Theatre of Marcellus, Rome. cian it is flatter, and is most commonly quirked at the top : in middle- age architecture it is not extensively em- ployed ; it is seldom Grecian Ovolo, Quirked, Temple at Corinth. found in any but the Decorated style, and is not very…
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