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Identifier: americanglossary00garn (find matches)
Title: The American glossary of architectural terms, being a concise and comprehensive compilation of all terms used in the practice of architecture and the building arts
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Garnsey, Geo. O. (George O.)
Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: Chicago : National Builder Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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EGULA (Lat.) A band in the Doric architrave.REIGNER WORK. Same as Inlaid Work.REINS OF A VAULT. The walls that sustain the vault or roof.REJOINT1NG. The act of filling old joints in stone-work with new mortar.RELIEVO (Lat.) A term used to designate sculpture in relief.RELIEVING ARCH. Same as Discharging Arch. RELISH. The projection of the .shoulders ofa tenon. RENAISSANCE. A term given to the revivalof classic details in French Gothic Architec-ture. It corresponds with the ItalianCinque Cento, and the English Elizabethan.RENDER / The manner of plastering di-RENDERING \ rectly on stone or brickwalls. REPLUM (Lat.) In ancient architecture thepanels of a door. REREDOS i A screen or ornamental panel REREDOSSE \ work behind the altar or pul-pit of a church. RESERVOIR (Fr.) A basin, cistern or tankfor the supply of water. RESIGNER WORK. (See Reigner Work.) RESPONDS. In Gothic art, half piers or but-tresses. RESSAUNT / (Fr.) The projection of oneRESSAULT f moulding beyond the face ofanother.
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RET RUS RETABLE. A shelf in the chancel of a church. RETAINING WALL. A wall built generallyon an incline, or wider at the bottom thanthe top, for the purpose of counteractingthe thrust of a bank of earth or a lateralpressure of any kind. RETICULATED (Diamond-shaped. RETICULATED WORK \ like the meshes ofa net. RETRENCHMENT. The act of cutting off or reducing parts.RETURN. The act of extending a moulding or any part in an opposite direction, or on another angle.RETURN BEAD. Same as Bead and Quirk.REVEAL / (Lat.) The vertical joints or sidesREVELS ) of an opening in a wall, from the face to the frame.REVERSED ARCH. Same as Inverted Arch.REVERSED OGEE. (See Ogee.)RHODIACUM. An apartment in a Grecian house RHOMB fQ , Tn „eometrv aRHOMBOID (- root or ceiling RIBBET (Sax.) ) ,g _fi R )REBET ^(toarne as wecess.; the numerous cities of the Roman Empire.Many of the stupendous works of theRomans we

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