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Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 482

An illustration from Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy, 1915, leaf 482
Corinthian abacus but no pulvino, and with the voluteand caulicolus is combined the angular twist of theSaracen (Fig. 217). The pavement of opus Alexandrinum, of which part Theis shown in Fig. 218, also displays a mixture of East and ^^^^West, for though the general idea is reminiscent of… … ir,-J ■! I—I, «55=^VVJ^ Fig. 218. CH. XXVIIl] SICILY 277 triapsal in Italy, the straight angular form of the interlacing Palermo.bands that break away from the easy curves of thecentre are distinctly Saracenic. In the triapsal termination of this chapel, and that of GreekLa Martorana, the Capella…

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