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A B C of Gothic architecture (1907)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 76

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ne quoins foi*the corners which are necessaryfor square towers, and whichoften may not have been easy toprocure in districts where build-ing-stone has all to be imported.The same cause accounts for thefrequent and long-continued usein the same districts of flat bricksor tiles for turning the… … Norman Round Tower,Norwicli. 66 THE NOEMAN^ PEEIOD. The Buttresses of this style were at first merely flatprojections wholly devoid of or-nament, and these are sometimescontinued in late work; but ingeneral, in late work there isa recess at the angle, in whicha small shaft is inserted; thestrings…

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