A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1882)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 76
r- houses are very superior to those of our neighbours. The usual form in England is polygonal, with a rich vault resting on a central pillar, e.g. at Wells. This form is al- most peculiar to England, but it was never exclusive ; the simple parallelogram is found of all periods : of the twelfth… … keeping the Graveney, Kent, c. Charnel-house, a chamber in Champ, the field or ground on the neighbourhood of a church- which carving is raised. yard to receive the human bones Chapiter (of a column), the disinterred by the grave-digger. Capital. Chasse, Fr. for Beliquary. Char or Chare, to hew or…
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