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 152
ially when of simple character, are usually in the shape of rings with a spindle going through the centre of a circular escutcheon, hut sometimes they are of other forms. Those of Early English and Decorated date are almost always rings, and they have seldom any ornament about them beyond… … formed into a head. Besides these handles, others in the form of a bow are also used ; they are fre- quently, if not usually, made angular, and are placed upright on the doors ; sometimes they are fixed, but are oftener made to turn in a small eye or staple at each end. The pendant han- dles are in…
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