An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 262
The ellip.se seems almostto have superseded the pointed arch in the leading forms, over which the crocketed labelsor drips, in curves of contrary flexure, flow with surprising elegance. It is only in thelucarnes we find the pointed arch ; and there it is almost subdued by the surroundinT… … \IIOV Of lilt rondis, as usual in the style, those in the principal story being, besides, slightly sigmental. Inm the tracery of the parapet it is singular to find tiie quatrefoils centered throughout witli what|j is called the Tudor rose. The arches rising above the parapet, wliich are crocketed…
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