A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture (1888)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London [etc.] Parker and co. · leaf 337
e is the most highly ornamented. The jambs are always splayed on the inside, and the inner arch is most commonly unconformable to that over the actual opening of the window, springing usually from a lower level; this arch, even when the jambs are per- fectly plain, has a chamfer on the inner edge,… … transoms, but they are very rare Stanton St.John’s, Oxon. except in domestic work, and in spires and towers where not intended to be glazed. The heads of the windows in this style are of various forms ; the most prevalent are two-centred pointed arches of different proportions, but besides these,…
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