An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 171
romthe buttresses of the aislesto those of the nave, choir,&c., now began to be usedthe flying buttress, of whichSalisbury and ChichesterCathedrals present variousfine examples. [Westminster Abbeyaffords a remarkable ex-ample, with the flying archbroken into two by an in-termediate pinnacle.… … EARLY ENGLISH TABLETS. 133 Early English Tablets. The cornice is sometimes ricli in mouldings, and often withan upper slope, making the face of the parapet perpen- ^r _ _ dicular to the wall below, -,. ( ; \- --_^-—>-^^^—^ There are cornices of this ^^^^^^—^- — ^ style still resembling the -~J…
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