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A B C of Gothic architecture (1882)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 92

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dripstone is the Early English round molding; thencomes the chevron, standing out so boldly detached,that it almost becomes the tooth-ornament; and underthat, on a smaller scale, the actual tooth-ornamentoccurs. The capital from St. Thomas Church, Win-chester, is equally curious; the abacus of a… … Moldings, Canterbury Cathedral, A.D. 1167.These are good examples of the mixture of the chevron or zigzag with thetooth-ornament, not quite developed.

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