Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical & descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan & Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1901)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 341
where its shape is controlledby the curves of the ceiling. The example at BeckingtonAbbey is among the more formal of those where the strap-work type was employed ; there are panels of regular shape,and the scrolled ends balance one another. But in someinstances the strap-work conformed in its… … THE REINDEER INN. BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE CEILING. FORMAL PATTERNS. 179 pendant at regular intervals, the result being that the mostprominent features stand out in regular arra}^ from a mazybackground that requires concentrated attention to follow.There is a ceiling of this kind among the many…
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