The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 367
Romanbands, the decline was gradual but complete, and the age of Dioclesianexhibits its total decadence. That much, both of the Palladian orVandal and Gothic architecture, arose out of the Dioclesian, is evi-dent. In the ruins at Spalatro we have the swelled frieze, archesraised on slender columns,… … : It is remarkable that the zig zag moulding on the consul is to befound on many of (he early specimens of Gothic ; and also, as pointedout to me by my friend Mr. Petre, on some of the Irish round towers.The moulding on the archivolt of the. other figure will also suggest astrong resemblance to the…
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