Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 96
, in the time of Henry II. of England and of Anjou,in whose time this style was developed. Nothing can well exceed the freedom, delicacy, andbeauty of this work; the original arcade, of the timeof St. Hugh, is of the same free and beautiful style asthe additions of his successors. The foliage of… … St. Hughs Choir, South Aisle, Lincoln, A.D. 1195. This is an unusually perfect example, with the original ornaments,of the earliest building of pure Gothic, free from Romanesque or Norman. 86 THE EARLY ENGLISH STYLE* of the capital, the leaves themselves curl over in themost graceful manner, with a…
Architecture, Gothic
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