An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1861)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J.H. and J. Parker · leaf 176
with the seats, or-namented with crockets and bunches of foliage forfinials, as in BeverleyMinster (134), with pin-nacles between. The Piscinas, or water-drains, and niches, ortabernacles for images,are often very rich, withcanopies and open tra-cery. They form one ofthe chief beauties of… … 135. Fyfield, Berkshire, c. 1300. Piscina, shewing geometrical tracery, witha crocketed pediment and pinnacles, anda battlement. is placed under a square head with a battlement carried 1^8 DECORATED ROOFS. by pinnacles, and the spandrils filled up with foliatedcircles enclosing shields (135). The…
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