A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . -tical wall with Imtminor , if a large build-ing presents towardone street a front con-sisting of the ends oftwo ])rojectiug wingswitli a low wall Vie-tween tliera enclosinga courtyard, thatwould be hardly afacj-ade, but rather twofacailes of the twopavilions. With buildingswhich present on allsides fronts of similaror equivalent elabo-rateness of treatment,it is, perliaps, incor-rect to speak of a fa-cade ; tluis, in a greatchurch, altliough thewest front may bedescribed by thisterm, it i
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . -tical wall with Imtminor , if a large build-ing presents towardone street a front con-sisting of the ends oftwo ])rojectiug wingswitli a low wall Vie-tween tliera enclosinga courtyard, thatwould be hardly afacj-ade, but rather twofacailes of the twopavilions. With buildingswhich present on allsides fronts of similaror equivalent elabo-rateness of treatment,it is, perliaps, incor-rect to speak of a fa-cade ; tluis, in a greatchurch, altliough thewest front may bedescribed by thisterm, it is inaccuratebecause that frontwould not be whatit is were it presentedwithout the flanks ornorth and south facade rather comes of street architectureand of buildings which have but one front con-sidered of sufficient impor-tance to receive architectu-ral treatment. — R. S. FACE (v.). .1. finish one or more facesof a piece, member, or struc-ture. B. To provide with arelatively highly finishedface by the application ofa finer or more elaboratelyworked Facade: Cathedral, Cremona; North Transept. This, having no intimate connt-otion with the side walls, is essen-tially a facade. 6 Facing: Two Byzantine Stilted Arches, in Venice. The rough brick work shown in a i.*; covered in b by very thin lacing of marble. FACE MOULD. In stair building, a full-sized pattern of tlie inclined projection of awreath, in sense B, produced by projecting thegiven horizontal phm V(>rtically ujion an in-clined iiiane whichcorresjxinds to theslope of the wreath,or as nearly so aspossible. If the planof the wreath is, asusual, described on acircular arc, the facemould will be ellip-tical. (See FallingMould.) FACET. Any oneof the several polyg-onal faces of a crys-tal or cut jewel;hence, any one of thefaces or plane surfacesof a stone cut intolike forms, as in rusti-cated masonry whereeach is dressed to a]iyramidal pre ) are many exam-ples in Italy, amongthe
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