The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 380
lower tier of corbels carries nothing, and simply forms an ornament orenrichment. This is a form of corbelling which was introduced about the end of EDZELL CASTLE 3()l THIRD PERIOn … THIRD PERIOD 362 EDZELL CASTLE the fifteenth century^ when the primitive, simple features of the earlierstyle began to yield to the growing taste for ornament. Numerousexamples of this form of enrichment are to be met with in all parts of thecountry. As we shall afterwards see, the degradation of…
Architecture · Architecture, Domestic · Castles
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