Rustics.—The individual blocks of stone used in rustication (as described above).
Screen.—An internal partition or inclosure cutting off part of a building. At the entrance to the choir of a church screens of beautiful workmanship were used.
Scroll Moulding.—A round roll moulding showing a line along its face (distinctive of decorated Gothic).
Scroll Work.—Ornament showing winding spiral lines like the edge of a scroll of paper (chiefly found in Elizabethan).
Section.—(1) A drawing of a building as it would appear if cut through at some fixed plane. (2) That part of the construction of a building which would be displayed by such a drawing as described above. (3) The profile of a moulding.
Set-off.—A small ledge formed by diminishing the thickness of a wall or pier.
Sexpartite Vaulting.—Where each bay or compartment is divided by its main ribs into six portions.
Sgraffito (Italian).—An ornament produced by scratching lines on the plastered face of a building so as to show a different colour filling up the lines or surfaces scratched away.
Shaft.—(1) The middle part of a column between its base and capital. (2) In Gothic, slender columns introduced for ornamental purposes, singly or in clusters.
Shell Ornament.—A decoration frequently employed in Italian and French Renaissance, and resembling the interior of a shell.