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A B C of Gothic architecture (1907)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 223

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gure left in the nichesthat were made for it; theydo occur occasionally, andare sometimes almost asgood as those of the pre-ceding style. There is avery good one in thetower of S. Mary MagdalenChurch, Oxford, which isbelieved to have beenbrought from the ruins ofOsney Abbey, as thattower is of the… … S. Mary Magdalen, Oxford,c. A.D. 1500. PERrENDICTJLAE COEBELS. 213 The frequent use of figures, simply as corbels betweenthe windows of theelere-storey to carrythe roof, is a goodcharacteristic of thelate Perpendicularstyle; they are gene-rally of the time ofHenry the Seventhor Eighth, as at…

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