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An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1862)

Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · Oxford ; London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 126

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the capitals left plain, to be paintedor carved afterwards. It is about as much advanced in style ON THE BUILDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY. 105 as the work in Normandy of the same period, and is said tohave been built by Norman workmen. A considerable part of the walls of the refectory are… … Arcade, Refectory, Westminster Abbey, a b. 1066—1090 ()■ It is remarkable that in the stone used in the Confessorswork at Westminster the marks of the hammer are still dis-tinctly visible, notwithstanding the blackness produced by theLondon smoke, while the stone used by Abbot Litlington inthe…

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