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Nook shafts

Scope note

Use for columns set within angles formed by the features of a building, as where the jamb of a doorway meets the external face of a wall.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30001649

Term used for

shafts, nook

Equivalent Terms used

nook shaft

Created

13yrs ago

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