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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 178

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ntury or at the beginningof the eleventh. It is nearly filled with pic-tures, and contains a great mass of archi-tectural detail. The universal fault of the Anglo-Saxonartists is the incorrect proportions, as seen inthe subjoined sketches, but at the same timethe architectural character is… … Fig. 2 is a triangular arched doorway andpart of a window, from the Cotton MS.

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