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Glossary

English altar: The medieval type of altar with taller framed hangings on three sides, as revived in the late 19th century.
English bond: West Walton, Norfolk.
Brickwork with alternate courses of headers (short ends) and stretchers (long sides) exposed.
English garden wall bond: West Walton, Norfolk.
Brickwork with one course of headers (short ends) for every three or more courses of stretchers (long sides).
Enrichments: The carved decoration of certain classical mouldings.
Entablature: In classical architecture, collective name for the three horizontal members (architrave, frieze and cornice) carried by a wall.
Entasis: Very slight convex deviation from a straight line, used to prevent an optical illusion of concavity.
Entresol: Mezzanine floor subdividing what is structurally a single storey, e.g. a vault.
Epitaph: Inscription on a tomb or monument.
Escutcheon: Shield for a coat of arms or other heraldic display.
Exedra: In classical architecture, a large semicircular or polygonal recess; also called an apse.