Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 164
DECORATED CAPITALS. 153 In the richer examples of this style, the Capitalsare ornamented with beautiful foliage, each leaf beingaccurately copied from nature, as well as the bestmodern artist could do it- These were arranged soas to encircle the pillar, sometimes by means of a stalkforming a… … 1 Beverley Mnster, lorfcshire, c. A.D. 1320. as good an effect as when ranged upon stalks, as atBeverley (2). A large pier is sometimes a cluster^ 154 THE DECORATED STYLE. of six shafts, each with its separate capital, some ofwhich have foliage under a molded abacus, as at Bever-ley (3), others a…
Architecture, Gothic
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