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acts of devotion.—Archaeolog. xi. 324.—Fald-stools
are mentioned in Sandford's Coronation of James II.
False-roof. The space between the ceiling of the
highest room in a building and the rafters of the
roof.
Fascia, Fesse. Oao-xitt, Gr. A broad, flat band, re-
sembling a fillet, except in having greater width.
Any unornamented plane member of a building.
Featherings. Arches and points forming the orna-
ments of tracery.
Feretory. Feretorium, Low Lat. A shrine, bier,
or stationary tomb, like that of St. Cuthbert, in
Durham Cathedral.
Fillet. Filet, Fr. Filum, Lat. a thread. A narrow,
Hat moulding; likewise termed listel, annulet, or
band.
FtNiAL, or Ft si At, A foliated termination of a pin-
nacle, pediment, or ^able of a building. Derived
from the Latin, finio, to finish.
Foliage. Carved representations of leaves, flowers,
&c. in architectural ornaments. Feuilliige, Fr. from
Folia, leaves, Lat
Font. Fans, Lat. A stone or leaden basin, placed
on a pedestal, generally in the western part of a
church, for performing the ceremony of baptism.—
See Appendix No. V. and Index.
Forhebeis. The small branches, or ribs of a vault.
—Cotgrave.
Free-stone. A stone free, or easy to work, and
therefore much used for building.
G
Gabel, Gable, British. Gavel, Iceland. The tri-
angular apex of a wall at the end of a roof.—See
Mollir.
GABLE-nooFED. Having a roof open to the rafters,
without arches, or cross beams—See Willis's Sur. of
Cath. ii. 331.
GiiiLET. A small gable; a gable-shaped decoration
of buttresses, tabernacles, screens, &c. Gablets,
or gabletz, are mentioned in the contracts for the
tomb of Richard II. in Rymer's Foedera: and gabletts
and ryfaats are reckoned among the appendages to a
tower or turret in King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
—See Arch. Antiq. vol. i. p. 11.
Gable-window. A window in the gable end of a
building.—See Will of Henry VI. in Nichols's Royal
Wills, p. 295.
Galilee. A small gallery, or balcony, open towards
the nave of a conventual church; from which
visitors or the family of the abbot (with whose
residence it communicated) might view processions.
That in Westminster Ab. Ch. still remains, and is
ANTIQUITIES.
appropriated to the Dean. The term also signified
a porch at the western extremity of a church, in
which public penitents were stationed ; dead bodies
were sometimes deposited ; and female relatives of
monks were permitted to have interviews with them.
From this last circumstance. Dr. Milner explains
the origin and derivation of the appellation. On a
woman's applying for leave to see a monk, her rela-
tion, she was answered, in the words of Scripture :
" He goeth before you into Gallee, there shall you
see him."—Treatise on Eccl. Archit. p. 106.—At
Durham Cathedra! there is a Galilee at the west end.
Gallery. Galerie, Fr. A narrow passage from one
part of a building to another: sometimes included
in the thickness of the walls, in churches and towers.
— See Archit. Antiq. vol. iv. p. 95. In modern
churches, a gallery is a series of seats or pews sup-
ported above the floor.
Gargoyles. Gargouilles, Fr. Also written Gargle,
Gargyle, and Gargylle. Water-spouts, often found
in old buildings, like the heads of animals.
Garland. A band of ornamental work, encircling
the top of a spire, tower, &c—See Will, of Wor-
cester, Itinerary, p. 221.
Gate-house. See Abbey Gate-house.
Gobbetts. Squared Caen stones are ihus termed in
the Records relating to the erection of St. Stephen's
Chapel, in Smith's Antiquities, &c. of Westminster.
Grate. A term applied to the screen round the tomb
of Henry VII..—Archit. Antiq. vol. ii. p. 10.
Grees, Greces. Degrees or steps, from the Lat.
Gressus. — See Will. Worcest. Itin. p. 175, 170,
and Will of Henry VI. describing his intended
building of Eton College.—Nichols's Royal Wills,
p. 297.
Gnons. Stones mentioned in the Records relative
to Louth Spire.—Archit. Antiq. vol. iv. p. 2.
Groin. A vault formed by the intersection of two
arched roofs. Sir C. Wren calls this method of
construction, " vaulting by hemispheres." The word
groin is commonly but improperly applied to the rib
that covers the junction of groins.
H
Habenries. An architectural term used by Chaucer,
who, in his " House of Fame," says,
" Habenries and pinnacles,
Imageries and tabernacles
1 sawe--
Hall. Aula, Lat. An apartment of an ancient
manor-house or monastery. The court of a palace,
or public apartment, where justice was adminis-
acts of devotion.—Archaeolog. xi. 324.—Fald-stools
are mentioned in Sandford's Coronation of James II.
False-roof. The space between the ceiling of the
highest room in a building and the rafters of the
roof.
Fascia, Fesse. Oao-xitt, Gr. A broad, flat band, re-
sembling a fillet, except in having greater width.
Any unornamented plane member of a building.
Featherings. Arches and points forming the orna-
ments of tracery.
Feretory. Feretorium, Low Lat. A shrine, bier,
or stationary tomb, like that of St. Cuthbert, in
Durham Cathedral.
Fillet. Filet, Fr. Filum, Lat. a thread. A narrow,
Hat moulding; likewise termed listel, annulet, or
band.
FtNiAL, or Ft si At, A foliated termination of a pin-
nacle, pediment, or ^able of a building. Derived
from the Latin, finio, to finish.
Foliage. Carved representations of leaves, flowers,
&c. in architectural ornaments. Feuilliige, Fr. from
Folia, leaves, Lat
Font. Fans, Lat. A stone or leaden basin, placed
on a pedestal, generally in the western part of a
church, for performing the ceremony of baptism.—
See Appendix No. V. and Index.
Forhebeis. The small branches, or ribs of a vault.
—Cotgrave.
Free-stone. A stone free, or easy to work, and
therefore much used for building.
G
Gabel, Gable, British. Gavel, Iceland. The tri-
angular apex of a wall at the end of a roof.—See
Mollir.
GABLE-nooFED. Having a roof open to the rafters,
without arches, or cross beams—See Willis's Sur. of
Cath. ii. 331.
GiiiLET. A small gable; a gable-shaped decoration
of buttresses, tabernacles, screens, &c. Gablets,
or gabletz, are mentioned in the contracts for the
tomb of Richard II. in Rymer's Foedera: and gabletts
and ryfaats are reckoned among the appendages to a
tower or turret in King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
—See Arch. Antiq. vol. i. p. 11.
Gable-window. A window in the gable end of a
building.—See Will of Henry VI. in Nichols's Royal
Wills, p. 295.
Galilee. A small gallery, or balcony, open towards
the nave of a conventual church; from which
visitors or the family of the abbot (with whose
residence it communicated) might view processions.
That in Westminster Ab. Ch. still remains, and is
ANTIQUITIES.
appropriated to the Dean. The term also signified
a porch at the western extremity of a church, in
which public penitents were stationed ; dead bodies
were sometimes deposited ; and female relatives of
monks were permitted to have interviews with them.
From this last circumstance. Dr. Milner explains
the origin and derivation of the appellation. On a
woman's applying for leave to see a monk, her rela-
tion, she was answered, in the words of Scripture :
" He goeth before you into Gallee, there shall you
see him."—Treatise on Eccl. Archit. p. 106.—At
Durham Cathedra! there is a Galilee at the west end.
Gallery. Galerie, Fr. A narrow passage from one
part of a building to another: sometimes included
in the thickness of the walls, in churches and towers.
— See Archit. Antiq. vol. iv. p. 95. In modern
churches, a gallery is a series of seats or pews sup-
ported above the floor.
Gargoyles. Gargouilles, Fr. Also written Gargle,
Gargyle, and Gargylle. Water-spouts, often found
in old buildings, like the heads of animals.
Garland. A band of ornamental work, encircling
the top of a spire, tower, &c—See Will, of Wor-
cester, Itinerary, p. 221.
Gate-house. See Abbey Gate-house.
Gobbetts. Squared Caen stones are ihus termed in
the Records relating to the erection of St. Stephen's
Chapel, in Smith's Antiquities, &c. of Westminster.
Grate. A term applied to the screen round the tomb
of Henry VII..—Archit. Antiq. vol. ii. p. 10.
Grees, Greces. Degrees or steps, from the Lat.
Gressus. — See Will. Worcest. Itin. p. 175, 170,
and Will of Henry VI. describing his intended
building of Eton College.—Nichols's Royal Wills,
p. 297.
Gnons. Stones mentioned in the Records relative
to Louth Spire.—Archit. Antiq. vol. iv. p. 2.
Groin. A vault formed by the intersection of two
arched roofs. Sir C. Wren calls this method of
construction, " vaulting by hemispheres." The word
groin is commonly but improperly applied to the rib
that covers the junction of groins.
H
Habenries. An architectural term used by Chaucer,
who, in his " House of Fame," says,
" Habenries and pinnacles,
Imageries and tabernacles
1 sawe--
Hall. Aula, Lat. An apartment of an ancient
manor-house or monastery. The court of a palace,
or public apartment, where justice was adminis-