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A B C of Gothic architecture (1882)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 220

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of square andangular forms is one of the characteristics of the style;we have square panels, square foliage, square crocketsand finials, square forms in the windows,—caused bythe introduction of so many transoms,—and an ap-proach to squareness in the depressed and low pitchof the roofs in late… … Doorway, Fotheringliay, Northants, A.D. 1435. do cot pay attention to them. The moldings of Fother-inghay are particularly good, and they have a positivedate, yet if these are compared with either of theearlier styles the difference is very evident. The hol-lows are more shallow, the projection not…

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