A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . l or pier, as in achurch, and pierced in such a direction that aperson in the aisle or transept can see the also Squint, and more rarely of this character are not unconunon,but it is not certain that they were originallyintended for the purpose HA-HA FENCE HA-HA FENCE. A banier made by a re-taining wall at a jilaee where the ground levelis changed. From the ujiper .side this baiTieror enclosure will be invisible or hardly seen ; adesirable result sometimes in lan
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . l or pier, as in achurch, and pierced in such a direction that aperson in the aisle or transept can see the also Squint, and more rarely of this character are not unconunon,but it is not certain that they were originallyintended for the purpose HA-HA FENCE HA-HA FENCE. A banier made by a re-taining wall at a jilaee where the ground levelis changed. From the ujiper .side this baiTieror enclosure will be invisible or hardly seen ; adesirable result sometimes in landscape archi-tecture. Written also Haw-Haw. HAIKAL. Ill Arabic, a sanctuary; a holy]ilace. Used by writers on the archaeology ofthe Levant fn- a shrine of a Christian churchin the East. HAIKAL SCREEN. The screen of a sanc-tuary ; in Eastern Chiistian churches, of othersects than Greek, that which coiTesponds tothe Iconostasis. (See Choir Screen and refer-ences.) HALFPENNY, JOHN. (See Halfpenny,William.) HALFPENNY, JOSEPH ; ihaughtsmanand engraver; 1j. Oct. 9, 1748 ; d. July U, Half-timbered House, called Newg-\te, York,England, about 1450. He was clerk of the works to John CaiT (seeCarr) during his restoration of the cathedralof York, England. Halfpenny published GothicOriicuiients in the Cathedral Church of York,(1795-1800), Frcu/menta Vettista, or theRemains of Ancient Buildincfs in York,(1807), and other works. Stephen, Dictionarii of Xational Biograplti/. HALFPENNY, WILLIAM ; alias ilicliaelHoare ; architect. He is known by his numerous practical workson architecture: Multuni in parvo, or theMarrow of Architecture (17i2-1728, 4to),Practiced Architecture (London, 1730, 12mo),Perspective made easy (1731, 8vo), ModernBuilders Assistant (1742-1751, folio), and343 HALL other works. He was assisted by John Halfpenny. Stephen, Dirtionury of Xationnl Sculpture in relief, be-tween bas-relief and alto-relief; a term of noaccurate or jirecise vahie. HALF
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