A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1882)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 231
3ft mmnt — 3ftetfculateti TOorit. 221 Ressaunt (probably Fr. Ressentir ), an old English term for an ogee-moulding. It was also applied to other architectural members that had the inflected outline of this moulding. It is a purely technical word, and seldom used. Ressaunt, Redcliffe Church,… … constructed with small diamond- Respond, Fotheringay, Northants. shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally. In the city of Rome this mode of decorating the surface of a wall is generally characteristic of the period of the Early Empire ; it was frequently imi- tated in Romanesque work,…
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