An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 183
... period , examples may be referred to at Grantham , Lincolnshire . Attelborough , Norfolk . Higham Ferrers , North- amptonshire . St. Michael , Coventry . Truro , Cornwall . Witney , Oxfordshire . Stratford- upon - Avon , Warwickshire ...
... period , examples may be referred to at Grantham , Lincolnshire . Attelborough , Norfolk . Higham Ferrers , North- amptonshire . St. Michael , Coventry . Truro , Cornwall . Witney , Oxfordshire . Stratford- upon - Avon , Warwickshire ...
Page 235
... period seems to be wanting . Nevertheless this style rayonnant has no absolute character ; it is rather , as observed by M. Schayes , a system of transition preserving the elements of the style of the 13th century , but modifying them ...
... period seems to be wanting . Nevertheless this style rayonnant has no absolute character ; it is rather , as observed by M. Schayes , a system of transition preserving the elements of the style of the 13th century , but modifying them ...
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... period is arranged vertically , in the decorated it twines horizontally , or rather transversely , round the capital ( fig . 1083. ) . In the per- pendicular , more frequently small leaves or paterę are set like studs at intervals round ...
... period is arranged vertically , in the decorated it twines horizontally , or rather transversely , round the capital ( fig . 1083. ) . In the per- pendicular , more frequently small leaves or paterę are set like studs at intervals round ...
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