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 92
lumn. So Column, a round pillar; the term in- cludes the base, shaft, and capital : in Gre- cian and Roman ar- chitecture. Tho co- lumn is so import- ant a feature that the exact proportions of its several parts are settled, and vary ac- cording to the Or- der. In the Illustration which is given… … Compound Arch, a term ap- shape of the vault. plied to signify a 'Recessed arch. Conduit, properly a water- Compound Pier, a clustered course (or Specus ), applied also column. to the structure forming the Concha (Lat.), name applied reservoir for water . to the apse from the shell-like
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