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Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1913)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 381

An illustration from Byzantine and Romanesque architecture, 1913, leaf 381
which are neither moulded nor carved,but devoid of any ornamentation. From these capitalsall the orders of the arch spring, unprepared for byanything below, and are decorated with plain roll mould-ings, zigzags, and billets. The general effect, if a littlesevere and cold, is extremely impressive.… … CH. xxvii] ENGLAND—NORMAN PERIOD 233 Gloucester, and the triforium is quite unimportant, Tewkes- burv pinched up against the clerestory window-sill. Theclerestory however is not original, and the Normandesign may have been different. The magnificent westfront with its deeply recessed arch of many…

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