An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1861)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J.H. and J. Parker · leaf 123
a strong argument infavour of the greater purity of English Gothic. Generally, also, themouldings are much more numerous and much richer in English workthan in foreign work of the same period. EARLY ENGLISH BASES. between them (79);but in later ex-amples the mould- *rings are frequentlyincreased in… … 80. Lincoln Cathedral, a.b. 1200. Base, with a double set of mouldings, shewing the deep hollow which holds water,peculiar to this style, and a clustered pillar of round and pear-shaped shafts. deep hollow between placed horizontally (80); but inlater examples this hollow is not found, its place…
Architecture, Gothic
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