A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 130
e foils, which aie technically the spaces between thecusps. Most usually the curves of the featherings springfrom some one of the mouldings of an arch, &c, butthere are numerous instances, especially in the EarlyEnglish styie, in which the whole suite of mouldingsfollows the same form ; the… … Beverley Minster. Ferrington, St. Clements. Headington, Oxfordshire. are very numerous. Sometimes the upper foil (as thereare usually either three or five foils)is an ogee, sometimes round, specimensof which are given. When a trefoil,quatrefoil or cinquefoil are spoken of,it generally means an…
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