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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At least three pitched stone supports along the inside may have supported engaged pilasters or a bench.
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He describes its every blind arched chimney and fluted pilaster .
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It is simple, decorated only with flat, low pilasters in brick, and has a belfry and pyramid above.
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Outside are pilaster strips and there are also arched corbel tables.
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The entrances are marked by pilasters or engaged columns supported on a triangular gable.
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The external walls of the churches are decorated simply by pilaster strips and corbelled string courses with arcading, as in Lombardy.
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The royal hunting-lodge of Falkland in Fife was transformed into a Renaissance palace, ornate with pilasters, medallions and allegorical statuary.
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The top storey has no openings and the order is in pilaster form.