A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 150
pointed the archesare, perhaps, most usually equilateral,although abundant instances are to befound in which arches of different pro-portions are used; sometimes they aresegmental and pointed segmental, some-times, especially in Northamptonshire,they are ogees, and not unfrequently theheads are… … : Church, Oxford- ^ It may be useful to remark, as be-ginners are apt to be misled by the nameinto expecting to find more ornament inthis style than any other, that smallcountry churches of this style are fre-quently remarkably plain. * Its distinguishing features are thusably summed up by Mr.…
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