Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 162
nstances, even in genu-ine work of the fourteenth ceu-tury, this is done in a parishchurch merely for coiiyenience,to raise the base above the levelof the backs of the seats. Thisis an exceptional example, butis convenient as shewing beginners all the parts belonging toa pillar, the arch-raolding… … Pedestal ITasebi, Nortliaiits. 152 THE DECORATED STYLE. In ordinary parish churches the pillars and archesare frequently as plain as in the Early English, andthere is no very perceptible difference at first sight.In richer churches the pillars are clustered and thearches richly molded, and…
Architecture, Gothic
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