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Glossary of Architecture
John Henry Parker
book · 1836 (and later enlarged editions)
John Henry Parker, A Glossary of Architecture.
A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture
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European folklore
Ambulatory appears in Monastery.
Parker’s Glossary seats the ambulatory (or deambulatory) as a place to walk in, such as cloisters and the covered walks of monastic establishments. A named ambulatory in that fabric speech, not the nave body, not the choir stall-place, and not an apse walk alone.
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Apse is historically related to Altar.
Parker’s Glossary seats the apse as the semicircular or polygonal recess that for many centuries held the principal altar of a Christian church, with further apses for lesser altars. A named apse in that fabric speech, not the choir stall-place alone, not the nave body, and not an ambulatory aisle identity.
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Bailey is historically related to Fortress.
Parker’s Glossary seats the bailey (ballium) as the court or courts of a castle between outer walls and keep, with lodgings, gates, and defenses inside the enceinte. A named bailey in that fortification speech, not a barbican outwork and not the later motte-and-bailey compound as identity.
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Balustrade is historically related to Stone.
Parker’s Glossary seats the balustrade as a range of small balusters supporting a coping or cornice and forming an open parapet or enclosure, with medieval stone-pillar prototypes among Italian examples. A named balustrade in that fabric speech, not a solid parapet wall alone and not a stair newel identity.
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Barbican is historically related to Gate.
Parker’s Glossary seats the barbican as a watch-tower or advanced outwork before the gate of a castle or fortified town, often defending the drawbridge approach. A named barbican in that fortification speech, not the bailey court and not a motte-and-bailey whole.
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Choir is historically related to Altar.
Parker’s Glossary seats the choir as the enclosed eastern stall-space of a church for the singers and principal service, running toward the high altar and its eastern boundary. A named choir in that ritual fabric, not the nave congregation body, not an apse recess alone, and not a transept arm.
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Choir stall is historically related to Oak.
Parker’s Glossary seats choir stalls as the fitted seats lining the choir, commonly of carved timber in mediaeval church furniture. A named choir-stall in that furniture speech, not the choir space as a whole and not a sedilia priest-seat set beside the altar.
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Clerestory appears in Monastery.
Parker’s Glossary seats the clear-story (clerestory) as the upper row of windows in the central aisle of a church above the side-aisle roofs, adopted to light the body. A named clerestory in that fabric speech, not the triforium arcade gallery below it and not a bare window dump.
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Cloister appears in Monastery.
Parker’s Glossary seats the cloister as a covered ambulatory forming part of a monastic or collegiate establishment, contiguous to the church and arranged about a cloister-garth. A named cloister in that fabric speech, not the nave, not a bare ambulatory synonym dump, and not a secular loggia.
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Corbel is historically related to Stone.
Parker’s Glossary seats the corbel as a projecting stone or timber that supports a superincumbent weight in Gothic architecture, carved and moulded through the styles. A named corbel in that fabric speech, not a gargoyle waterspout identity and not a classical ancones truss alone.
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Crypt is historically related to Altar.
Parker’s Glossary seats the crypt as a vault beneath a church, often under choir or chancel limits, formerly used as chapels provided with altars and fittings for religious service and sepulture. A named crypt in that fabric speech, not the choir above as identity and not a bare cellar dump.
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Cupola is historically related to Stone.
Parker’s Glossary seats the cupola as a concave ceiling covering a circular or polygonal area, or a roof of that exterior form more usually called a dome. A named cupola in that Italian/classical fabric speech, not Vitruvius’s refused attic roof-room pad and not a lantern-clock dump.
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Drawbridge is historically related to Moat.
Parker’s Glossary seats the drawbridge in castle speech as the standing or lifting bridge over the ditch of the bailey, often joined to a barbican at the entrance. A named drawbridge in that fortification speech, not a portcullis grating and not a fixed bridge alone.
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Flying buttress is historically related to Buttress.
Parker’s Glossary seats the arch-buttress or flying-buttress as an arch-formed prop connecting upper central walls of an aisled structure with the vertical buttresses of the outer walls. A named flying-buttress in that Gothic fabric, not a solid buttress pier alone and not Vitruvius’s classical projecting abutment seat.
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Gargoyle is historically related to Water.
Parker’s Glossary seats the gargoyle as a projecting spout used in Gothic architecture to throw water from the gutter clear of the wall, often carved as a grotesque figure. A named gargoyle in that fabric speech, not a corbel support identity and not mere ornament without the spout job.
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Jamb is historically related to Lintel.
Parker’s Glossary seats the jamb as the side of a window, door, chimney, or similar opening, spoken with the soills and other dressings of the aperture. A named jamb in that opening speech, not a mullion light-divider and not a trumeau portal pier alone.
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Parker’s Glossary seats the lancet window among the narrow pointed lights of Early English church fabric (cross-referenced under Window). A named lancet in that Gothic speech, not a rose circular window and not a medical lancet-curve lemma.
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Lectern is historically related to Altar.
Parker’s Glossary seats the lectern (lettern) as the desk or stand for the larger service-books of the church, often hung like altar textiles and distinct from the preaching pulpit. A named lectern in that furniture speech, not a pulpit, not a reredos screen, and not a rood-loft gallery.
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Loggia appears in European folklore.
Parker’s Glossary seats the loggia as a term peculiar to Italian palatial architecture for a covered space open on one or more sides by arcades or colonnades, whether ground-floor cortile or upper gallery. A named loggia in that Italian fabric speech, not a monastic cloister and not a bare balcony dump.
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Motte-and-bailey is historically related to Fortress.
Parker’s Glossary seats the bailey courts and keep of the mediaeval castle as the defended enceinte with outer and inner ballia — the fabric neighborhood later named motte-and-bailey. A named motte-and-bailey in that castle speech continuity, not a barbican outwork alone and not the bailey court as the whole fortress type.
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Mullion is historically related to Stone.
Parker’s Glossary seats the mullion as the slender pier dividing the lights of windows, screens, and tracery in Gothic architecture. A named mullion in that fabric speech, not a door jamb alone and not a trumeau portal pier identity.
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Parker’s Glossary seats the narthex as the entrance division of early Christian churches to which catechumens and penitents were admitted, divided from the rest by railing or screen. A named narthex in that fabric speech, not the nave congregation body and not a transept arm.
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Parker’s Glossary seats the nave as the part of a church westward of the choir where the general congregation assembles, often with aisles and distinct from choir, narthex, and transept. A named nave in that fabric speech, not the choir stall-place and not an ambulatory aisle alone.
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Newel is historically related to Stone.
Parker’s Glossary seats the newel as the central column round which a circular staircase winds, citing stone newels in cathedral and castle stairs, and also the principal post at stair angles. A named newel in that stair speech, not a balustrade run and not a mere handrail dump.
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Portcullis is historically related to Gate.
Parker’s Glossary seats the portcullis as a massive iron or timber grating sliding in jamb grooves to defend mediaeval gateways, often in several successive leaves at fortress entrances. A named portcullis in that fortification speech, not a drawbridge over the ditch and not a bare iron dump alone.
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Parker’s Glossary seats the pulpit as an elevated stage or desk for sermons, formerly placed in the nave of churches and also in monastic refectories and cloisters. A named pulpit in that furniture speech, not a lectern reading-desk, not a reredos, and not a rood-loft.
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Quoin is historically related to Stone.
Parker’s Glossary seats the quoin as the external angle of a building, commonly dressed in ashlar when walls are of rough stone or flint, and likewise used for brick buildings. A named quoin in that fabric speech, not a decorative band alone and not ashlar-pattern textile chrome.
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Reredos is historically related to Altar.
Parker’s Glossary seats the reredos as the ornamental screen or panelling at the back of an altar, and sometimes the screen between nave and choir. A named reredos in that furniture speech, not a pulpit, not a lectern, and not a rood-loft gallery.
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Rood loft appears in Monastery.
Parker’s Glossary seats the rood-loft as the gallery over the screen separating choir or chancel from the nave, carrying the rood. A named rood-loft in that fabric speech, not a pulpit, not a lectern, not a reredos altar-back, and not sedilia.
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Rose window is historically related to Rose.
Parker’s Glossary seats the rose window as a circular church window, also called Catherine-wheel or marigold window, named for its rose-like radiated form. A named rose-window in that fabric speech, not a lancet pointed light and not the plant rose as botanical identity.
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Sedilia is historically related to Altar.
Parker’s Glossary seats the sedilia as the group of stone stalls on the south side of the chancel, usually an arcade of three or more arches for the officiating clergy beside the altar. A named sedilia in that furniture speech, not a pulpit, not a lectern, not a reredos, and not a rood-loft.
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Transept appears in Monastery.
Parker’s Glossary seats the transept among the cross-arms of cruciform church plans, distinct from nave body, choir eastern limb, and apse terminations. A named transept in that fabric speech, not the nave, not the choir, and not an ambulatory aisle alone.
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Triforium appears in Monastery.
Parker’s Glossary seats the triforium as the range of small arches or panels between the pier arches and the clerestory windows, often a wall-passage over the aisle vaults. A named triforium in that fabric speech, not the clerestory light-story above it and not a cloister arcade identity.
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Trumeau is historically related to Gate.
Parker’s Glossary lists trumeau among French terms for the pier or mass between adjacent openings — the portal pier that divides a doorway. A named trumeau in that opening speech, not a window mullion and not a plain jamb cheek alone.
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Attic is historically related to Cornice.
Parker’s Glossary seats the attic as a low story above an entablature, or above a cornice that limits the height of the main elevation, chiefly in Roman and Italian styles. A named attic in that order speech, not a modern roof-room dump and not Vitruvius entablature refile.
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Hellenic religion
Ogee is historically related to Cornice.
Parker’s Glossary seats the ogee as a moulding combining concave and convex curves, extensively used in classical and Gothic profiles and cross-referenced with cyma. A named ogee in that moulding speech, not Vitruvius’s cyma-recta or cyma-reversa seats as identity and not a medical curve dump.
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Brick is historically related to Clay.
parker-glossary seats BRICK among its lemmas — brick speech, not a free modern dump alone.
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Quatrefoil is historically related to Oil.
parker-glossary seats quatrefoil among its lemmas — quatrefoil speech, not a free modern dump alone.
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Trefoil is historically related to Oil.
parker-glossary seats trefoil among its lemmas — trefoil speech, not a free modern dump alone.
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Canapé is historically related to Workshop.
parker-glossary seats canape beside workshop as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Turnpike is historically related to Clay.
parker-glossary seats turnpike beside clay as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Carnac is historically related to Marble.
parker-glossary seats carnac beside marble as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Parlor is historically related to Marble.
parker-glossary seats parlor beside marble as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Wicket is historically related to Workshop.
parker-glossary seats wicket beside workshop as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Promenade is historically related to Marble.
parker-glossary seats promenade beside marble as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Chesterfield is historically related to Iron.
parker-glossary seats chesterfield beside iron as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Pebble is historically related to Oak.
parker-glossary seats pebble beside oak as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Atlantis is historically related to Water.
parker-glossary seats atlantis beside water as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Camera is historically related to Wool.
parker-glossary seats camera beside wool as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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