Lexicographical Neighbors of Scontions
Literary usage of Scontions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brickwork & Masonry: A Practical Text Book for Students, and Those Engaged by Charles Frederick Mitchell, George Arthur Mitchell (1904)
"The scontions at inside angles or outside corners under ground level to be of
large-sized stones, say 20 inches long, 12 inches thick, and of heights to ..."
2. Ecclesiastical Art in Germany During the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Lübke, Leonard Abercrombie Wheatley (1870)
"... so called from its having originally a large cross or rood above it; it has
often been made into an organ loft scontions, the inner thickness of wall at ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1904)
"... the upper portion of a double-latticed window is painted, showing an Elizabethan
strap-work soffit drawn in perspective, with lunettes and scontions. ..."
4. Building Construction and Drawing by Charles Frederick Mitchell, George Arthur Mitchell (1902)
"scontions.—The stones forming the inside angle of the jamb of a door or window
opening, as shown in figure 327. These are often cast in concrete to effect a ..."
5. Ecclesiasstical Art in Germany During the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Lübke, Leonard Abercrombie Wheatley (1870)
"scontions, the inner thickness of wall at the sides of doors and of windows.
SCREEN, the name generally given to the choir railing. ..."
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