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Hi Karen, Did you look at Sturgis? I’m retired, so can’t check for you, sorry. (See https://library.woodbury.edu/c.php?g=506986&p=3470063 for the list of core architectural dictionaries) Cheers, Janine Henri Sent from my iPhone > On May 9, 2022, at 8:50 AM, Bouchard, Karen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hello, I am helping a grad student track down the first use of a term "angel roof." I've found a 19th century century example on Google Books. I tried OED but it's not included there. The student found a Merriam-Webster entry that said the earliest use was from 1867 but they didn't give the source! > > Does anyone know if there is an OED type resource for architectural terms, where we might be able to trace its origins? > > thanks, > Karen Bouchard > Brown University > > -- > Karen A. Bouchard > Arts & Humanities Librarian > > Rockefeller Library, Box A > 10 Prospect Street > Brown University > Providence, RI 02912 USA > > Make an appointment. > > Phone: (401) 863-3218 > > [log in to unmask] > > Librarian profile page and subject guides > > If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero. Epistulae ad Familiares, book IX, epistle 4. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~