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 79
29.—Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Tower at South-EastCorner (between 1540 and 1553). WORK AT LACOCK ABBEY. 37 initials and crest; from this base rises a central pillar, againstwhich squat four figures of satyrs carrying baskets of fruit andfoliage upon which rests the table-top. The satyrs have… … 30.—Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Stone Table in Tower. table (on the top floor) has nothing about it directly con-necting it with Sharington. It was evidently intended for abanqueting house, as it is adorned with figures of Apicius, thefirst authority on the pleasures of the table, Ceres, Bacchus,…
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