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 228
e be found described under that head.When shafts are used in the jambs W^f^^{.of archways, it is very usual in theNorman style for the abacus of thecapitals to be continued through thewhole suite of mouldings, and it issometimes carried along the wallsas a string; this arrangement alsois… … 206 IMPOST—INCISED, OR ENGRAVED SLABS. the jambs whicli in section resembles an abacus. In the Deco-rated and Perpendicular styles it is not common to find anyimpost-mouldings in the jambs of archways, except the capitalsof the small shafts s. (Plates 67, 68.) Incertum opus (Vitruvius), a mode of…
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