intersecting vault
61University Church of St Mary the Virgin — Parish church name = University Church of St Mary the Virgin caption = The church from the High Street. dedication = Blessed Virgin Mary denomination = Church of England tradition = liberal catholic parish = Oxford deanery = archdeaconry =… …
62List of towers in Somerset — The Somerset Towers, built in the 14th to 16th centuries, have been describe as among England s finest contributions to medieval art.cite book |last= Jenkins|first=Simon|title= England s Thousand Best Churches|year= 2000|publisher= Penguin… …
63Palladio, Andrea — orig. Andrea di Pietro della Gondola born Nov. 30, 1508, Padua, Republic of Venice died August 1580, Vicenza Italian architect. While a young mason, he was noticed by an Italian scholar and soon found himself studying mathematics, music,… …
64Paisley — PAISLEY, a burgh, market town, and ancient parish, in the Upper ward of the county of Renfrew, of which it is the principal place, and the seat of a wide manufacturing district, 7½ miles (W. by S.) from Glasgow, and 50 (W. by S.) from… …
65Peterhead — PETERHEAD, a burgh of barony, sea port, and parish, in the district of Buchan, county of Aberdeen; containing, with the villages of Boddam and Burnhaven, and the late quoad sacra district of East Peterhead, 7619 inhabitants, of whom 4586 are… …
66rib — [rib] n. [ME ribbe < OE rib, akin to ON rif, Ger rippe < IE base * rebh , to arch over, roof over > Gr ereptein, to crown, OSlav rebro, rib] 1. any of the arched bones attached posteriorly to the vertebral column and enclosing the chest… …
67groin — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the depression between the belly and the thigh. 2 Archit. a an edge formed by intersecting vaults. b an arch supporting a vault. v.tr. Archit. build with groins. Etymology: ME grynde, perh. f. OE grynde depression 2. US var. of… …
68trac|er|y — «TRAY suhr ee, TRAYS ree», noun, plural er|ies. 1. ornamental work or designs consisting of very fine lines, as in certain kinds of embroidery. 2. a pattern of intersecting bars or a plate with leaflike decorations in the upper part of a Gothic… …
