A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 111
IOI monly semicircular, though occasionally segmental or horse- shoe : the mouldings … stops upon the impost, Middleton Stoney, c. 1160. producing the effect of a weather-moulding, although it does not project from the face of the wall; weather- mouldings also are very frequently used, and they either stop upon the impost or terminate in carved corbels. Shafts are often, but not…
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