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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 297 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BALUSTRADE , a

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

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SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen consisting of a

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COPING (from " cope," Lat. capa)

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RAIL

rail supported on balusters (q.v.) . Sometimes it is employed purely as a decorative feature beneath the

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sill of a window which was not carried down to. the ground . Sometimes flowing foliage takes the

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PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the parapet, and sometimes so-called balustrades are formed of

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VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical slabs of

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stone, pierced as in the Ca' d'oro at

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Venice and the balconies of the minarets at

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