Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 112
ls, to which it gives a peculiarand distinctive character. The foliage of these ca-pitals is technically called Stiff-leaf foliage, butthis alludes only to the stiff stem or stalk of the leaf,which rises from the ring of the capital; the foliage THE EARLY ENGLISH STYLE. 101 itself is frequently as… … Westminster Abbey, A.D. 1250. A beautiful example of the stiff-leaffoliage curling over, and with a moldedabacus.
Architecture, Gothic
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