See also:

• BALUSTER (through the Fr. from the Ital. balaustro, so-called from a supposed likeness to the flower of the OaX ab inov, or wild pomegranate; the word has been corrupted in English into " banister ")

BALUSTER (through the Fr. from the Ital. balaustro, so-called from a supposed likeness to the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower of the OaX ab inov, or See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• POMEGRANATE

pomegranate; the word has been corrupted in See also:

• ENGLISH

English into " banister ")  , a small moulded See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft, square or circular, in See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and sometimes in See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, supporting the See also:

• COPING (from " cope," Lat. capa)

coping of a See also:

• PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

parapet or the See also:

• RAIL

rail of a See also:

• STAIRCASE

staircase, an assemblage of them being known as a See also:

• BALUSTRADE

balustrade . The earliest examples are those shown in the bas-reliefs representing the See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian palaces, where they were employed as window balustrades and apparently had Ionic capitals . They do not seem to have been known to either the Greeks or the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, but See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early examples are found in the balconies in the palaces at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona . In the hands of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian revivalists they became features of the greatest importance, and were largely employed for window balconies and roof parapets . The See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• BALUSTER (through the Fr. from the Ital. balaustro, so-called from a supposed likeness to the flower of the OaX ab inov, or wild pomegranate; the word has been corrupted in English into " banister ")

baluster shaft " is given to the shaft dividing a window in Saxon See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture . In the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept of the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey at St Albans, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, are some of these shafts, supposed to have been taken from the old Saxon See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman bases and capitals have been added, together with See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain cylindrical Norman shafts .