The windows were numberless, but very small; the roof had some nondescript kind of projections, called bartizans, and displayed at each frequent angle a small turret, rather resembling a pepper-box than a Gothic watchtower. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The windows were numberless, but very small; the roof had some nondescript kind of projections, called bartizans, and displayed at each frequent angle a small turret, rather resembling a pepper-box than a Gothic watch-tower. ❋ Unknown (1877)
The windows were numberless, but very small; the roof had some nondescript kind of projections, called bartizans, and displayed at each frequent angle a small turret, rather resembling a pepper - box than a Gothic watchtower. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)
Baliol’s Lodging, so was the mansion named, reared its high stack of chimneys, among which were seen a turret or two, and one of those small projecting platforms called bartizans, above the mean and modern buildings which line the south side of the Canongate, towards the lower end of that street, and not distant from the Palace. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The bartizans were deserted, the ceremonial drawbridge of the central gate was up, but the gatehouse door was wide open, and snow drifted within. ❋ Maguire, Gregory (2005)
In the amber dawn light, even Ruha could see that the cart tracks led up the hill straight to the gloomy ruins of what had once been a many-spired fortress of hanging bartizans and dark hoardings. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
The heavy stones of the bridge provided a broad causeway to the island, and this structure was protected by crenel-lations and squat towers and riverward-facing bartizans. ❋ Gygax, Gary (1987)
Black ramparts, crenellated and sprouting bartizans, grew from the stone of the mountain. ❋ Jordan, Robert (1982)
From thence they went to the ebon parapet of the inner rampart, where S'tarra crossbowmen in bartizans could cut down any who managed to gain the outer wall. ❋ Jordan, Robert (1982)
The guards in the bartizans were not city roundsmen but peltasts in half-armor, bearing transparent shields. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1980)
There were flambeaux on staggering poles every ten strides or so, and at intervals of about a hundred strides, bartizans whose guardroom windows glared like fireworks clung to the bridge piers. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1980)
He bowed and withdrew; Efraim and Lorcas proceeded across the commons toward the castle, after first dismissing the sullen Flaussig and sending him back to Port Mar. As they approached, a pair of heralds appeared on the twin bartizans over the portal; lifting coiled bronze sad-horns they blew a set of agitated fanfares: ❋ Vance, Jack (1975)
The other angles have narrow buttresses running up to circular bartizans boldly corbelled out from the battlements. ❋ Frederick W. Woodhouse (N/A)
There was the square keep, with its pepper-box towers, and bartizans overhanging the moat. ❋ S. Levett-Yeats (N/A)
The heavy yet hasty step of the men-at-arms traversed the battlements, or resounded on the narrow and winding passages and stairs which led to the various bartizans [Footnote: A bartizan is a sort of small overhanging balcony, built for defense or for lookout.] and points of defense. ❋ Charles Herbert Sylvester (N/A)
We may note in passing that the buttresses, battlements, and bartizans with which our modern architects ornament or disfigure churches, peaceful dwellings, and public buildings, are copied from the early works of the military engineer. ❋ Various (N/A)
The main part of the roof consisted of a gable covered with heavy stone tiles, but the further part that lay between the north-east and north-west bartizans was flat and covered with lead, and at the verge of this were iron steps that led down to the roof of the new wing below. ❋ Howard Pease (N/A)
