Delineations, graphical and descriptive, of Fountains' Abbey, in the West Riding of the County of York (1820)
Storer, James, 1771-1853, Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837 · London : Longman, Rees : And C. Tilt ; Cambridge : T. Stevenson ; Ripon : E. Langdale · leaf 137
window, lightly defined inthe ray which it excludes, twining with graceful ease aroundsome slender shaft, or woven amid the tracery of the floridarch, is elegantly ornamental, and gives embellishment tobeauty ; but the main body of the ivy is dark, sombre, mas-sive ; yet, strip it from the pile,… … e 100 originally by a row of pillars along the centre; the springersof arches are still visible on the north and south walls; withinthe Refectory may be seen twenty-five lancet-headed win-dows. The corbels throughout are ingeniously varied, andsculptured in a bold and masterly style. On the west…
Fountains Abbey (North Yorkshire, England) · Cistercians · Abbeys
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