A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture |
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abacus Abbey aisles altar ancient angles apophyges applied apse arch archi arrangement buildings buttresses called canopies Canterbury Canterbury Cathedral capital carved Castle Cathedral ceilings chancel Chapel choir churches circular Classical architecture columns commonly corbels cornice crockets cross cross-springers Decorated style doors doorways Doric Doric order Early English style enriched entablature especially examples fillet finials flat foliage frequently gable Gothic architecture hall hollow houses impost jambs kind later Lincoln Cathedral lower ment mouldings mullions nave niches Norman style Northamptonshire occasionally octagonal ogee orna ornament ovolo Oxford Oxfordshire Oxon panels parapet period Perpendicular style Peterborough Cathedral pillars pinnacles placed plain porch projecting quently ribs Roman Roman architecture Rome roof round screen side small shafts sometimes spires splay square stone tecture Temple term tiles timber tion tomb tower tracery transept trefoils turret twelfth century unfrequently upper usually vault wall wooden