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 56
pes for the sake of orna-ment. The head of the opening of thewest doorway of Rochester cathedral maybe referred to as a good specimen of a flat arch upheld bythe stones fitting into each other, and the same mode of con-struction is used in a segmental arch at the abbey of Jumieges,in Normandy. (See…
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