Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 616
ccentuatedand multiplied vertical lines lend the composition a characterof loftiness, almost of strength. ^Mien, however, in the lasthalf of the XV century cylindrical supports came to be generallysubstituted for compound piers, the ribs and archivolts werealmost invariably made to melt into these… … III. 284. — Xotre Dame, Aleiifon. Interior PENDANTS The flamboyant builders, however, carried the ornamenta-tion of their vaults to even greater lengths, adorning the key-stones with great hanging pendants. These pendants werealso doubtless imported from England, where the feature hadbeen developed…
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