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 304
, and sometimes the sides are so perfectly flat, and it is formed with so much stiffness, as to resemble a pierced pyramid rather than a flower. It is cha- racteristic of the Early English style, in which it is often used in great profusion, though occa- sionally met with in late Norman work, as at… … West Door, St. Cross, Hants. used in work of the twelfth century. Torus (Lat.), a large round moulding commonly used in the bases of columns, &c. : called also a Round . It occurs by itself chiefly in the Classical style, but it is not uncommon in the Norman, and is used thus sometimes in the…
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