Essays on archaeological subjects, and on various questions connected with the history of art, science, and literature in the Middle Ages (1861)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877 · London, Smith · leaf 214
inal Saxontower. Fig. 11. represents another of these triangular-headed door-ways from theCot-tonian manuscript. It is ac-companied with what is in-tended to represent a dome.Domes occur frequently in themanuscript, and form a con-necting link between Anglo-Fig, ii, MS. Cotton, foi. Saxon and… … ANGLO-SAXON ARCHITECTURE. 199 script has a knob or ball at the summit, from which, asa centre, the rows of tiles radiate. It may be observed,also, that in these drawings the roofs are generallycovered with tiles which, in form and arrangement,bear a close resemblance to the scales of a fish.They…
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