London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 229
execution. Thelarge plain arch, springing from square piers with imposts,illustrates the Roman origin of the style. The column shafts109 are sometimes omitted, and zigzass and other orna-mental mouldings carriedcompletely round the win-dow. These mouldings andcolumn shafts gradually as-sumed a… … de Blois, brother of King building in Eng- 109. shows Fig. shire, erected in 1136, by Henry Stephen, is generally admitted to be the first land in which the pointed arch was displayed. part of an intersecting semicircular arcade, forming the triforium or gallery over the chancel of this church.…
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