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A B C of Gothic architecture (1907)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 119

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Cliancel-arcli, Haseley, Oxon. 108 THE EAELY EXGLISH STYLE. characteristic of this style as the zigzag is of theNorman; this consists of a small pyramid, more orless acute, cut into four leaves or petals meeting inthe point, but separate below, as in Chester Cathedral. … Chester Cathedral. When very acute, and seen in profile, it may be ima-gined to have somewhat the appearance of a row ofdogs-teeth, and from this it has been called the dog-tooth ornament, or by some the sharks-tooth orna-ment, more commonly the tooth-orxament. It isused with the greatest profusion…

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