A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 322
rebuilding of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral, after the fire in 1174, describes the vault to be “ex lapide et tofo levi ” It is used in the vaulting of the late Norman porch on the north side of the nave of Bredon Church, Worcestershire, and in many other buildings. Tympanum (Lat.), the… … the space immediately above the opening of a doorway, &c., in mediaeval architecture, when the top of the opening is square and has an arch over it ; this arrangement is not uncommon in this country in Norman work, and on the
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