A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 273
d nave and choir, presbytery, and centraltower, — are the most important purely Scotchchurches of this period, severe and massive ex-ternally, with sparing ornament, but vigorousand consistent in design. As compared withEnglish churches the Scotch examples are smallerand simpler ; the choir, often… … Jii[l Scotland: Jkdbcrgh Abbey; P.\rt of Choik. cades of interlacing arches are not uncommon(Didmeny church, Linlithgowshire; Leuchar.s,nc;ir Saint Andrews, etc.). In the Tran.sition,which followed a little later than in England,many Norman elements were persistently re-tained, and round arches are…
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