A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 142
aps, most usually equilateral,although abundant instances are to befound in which arches of different pro-portions are used; sometimes they aresegmental and pointed segmental, some-times, especially in Northamptonshire,they are ogees, and not unfrequently theheads are perfectly flat. (Plate… … * It may be useful to remark, as be-ginners are apt to be misled by the nameinto expecting to find more ornament inthis style than any other, that smallcountry churches of* this style are fre-quently remarkably plain. a Its distinguishing features are thusably summed up by Mr. YVhewell: Itis…
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