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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 189

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St. Oucn, Rouen. 166 FLAMBOYANT. … the purity or boldness of earlier ages; in rich works the intri-cacy and redundancy of the ornaments are sometimes truly sur-prising. One of the most striking and universal features is thewaving arrangement of the tracery of the windows, panels, &c.The mouldings are often very ill combined, the…

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