A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 40
he Norman style of thetwelfth century, we frequently findthem consisting of semi-circular archesintersecting each other, from which r,rt,J r,i1. Dr. Milner supposed the pointed arch to have had its origin.See Plates 4, 5, 6. Arch, Fr. Arc, Arcade, Arche, Ital. and Sr. Arco, (in:.23ogcn: a… … •26 ARCH. The origin of the arch is involved in an obscurity which is never likely to be cleared away, and it is a disputed pointwhere the earliest examples of its use are to be found. Some contend that it was unknown to the Greeks during the best and purest age of their architecture, and was…
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