A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1896)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London, Oxford, J. Parker and Co. · leaf 131
of the featherings spring from some one of the mouldings of an arch, &c., but there are numerous instances, especially in the Early English style, in which the whole suite of mouldings follows the same form ; the arch is then said to be foiled . Feathering was first introduced towards the close of… … are very numerous. Sometimes the upper foil (as there are usually either three or five foils) is an ogee, sometimes round, specimens of which are given. When a trefoil , quatrefoil or cinquefoil are spoken of, it generally means an opening pierced with three, four, or five foils respec- tively.…
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