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 341
String, Oundle, Northamptonsliire. and sometimes with grotesque animals: of this the churchesof Gresford and Mold, in Flintshire, are curious examples,being a complete chase of cats, rats, mice, dogs, and a va-riety of imaginary figures, amongst which various grotesque 266 THE PERPENDICULAR ENGLISH… … monkeys are very conspicuous. In the latter end of the style something very analogous to an ornamented frieze is perceived, of which the canopies to the niches in various works are examples, and the angels so profusely introduced in the later rich works are a sort of cornice ornaments. These are…
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