Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 69
hallow, and such as could very well be executedwith the axe, which is not a bad tool in the handsof a skilful workman, and is still commonly used inmany parts of England and Prance. On comparingthis early work at Canterbury with other early Nor-man buildings, it is plain that they all had… … NORMAN MOLDINGS. 59 for carving in stone in Italy and the south of Franceat an earlier period, but not in Normandy nor thenorth of Prance much earlier than in England. Afterthis usage was introduced, the workmen seem to havegloried in it, and revelled in it, and the profusion ofrich Norman…
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