A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 200
Postal— pelican. 190 Pedestal (Gr. Fous = a foot, and stulos = a column), a substructure frequently placed under Cornice … &c., corresponding to a gable in middle- age architecture : it is much less acute at the top than a gable. Most of the porticoes on the fronts of Greek and Homan buildings support pediments ; in Roman work the dressings over doors and windows are sometimes arranged in a similar form, and called by…
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