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 998
, witliout the interruption ofany impost. The plan of the pier in Henry VI I.s Chapel is afine example {fig. 1324.) of such an arrangement; and fig. 1059.shows the continued adoption of the decorated piers in the laterportion of the nave of Westminster Abbey. Sometimes tiieground plan is a square,… … CAPITALS. The mouldings of capitals and bases are more definitely marked in the various periodstlan any otlier kind of mouldings. It is by no means impossible, evon for an experiencedoyc, to mistake the details of a decorated for those of a perpendicular arch ; but no onemoderately acquainted with…
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