Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 85
pital, and represented aconventional kind of leaf easily recognised when onceseen. In the Dec. period the capitals have, as a rule, fewer andless elaborate mouldings; the foliage is often very beauti-fully carved in imitation of natural leaves, and wreathedround the capital instead of growing up… … Later Jt(»-mun CajiltJ-l. CHAPTER V. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.—ENGLAND. ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS {continued)—OPENINGS, ROOFS,SPIRES, ORNAMENTS, STAINED GLASS, SCULPTURE. Openings and Arches. THE openings {i.e. doors and windows) in the walls ofEnglish Gothic buildings are occasionally coveredby flat heads…
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