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 /by the late Thomas Rickman (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 256
English Tablets. The cornice is very regular, and though in some large buildings it has several mouldings, it principally consists of a slope above, and a deep sunk hollow, with an astra- gal under it ; in these hol- lows, flowers at regular dis- tances are often placed, and in some large… … Cornice, Merton College Chapel, a.d. 1277. Cornice, Queen's Cross, Northampton, a.d. 1295. The dripstone is of the same description of mouldings, but smaller, and this too is sometimes enriched with flowers.
