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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1861)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J.H. and J. Parker · leaf 240

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168. St. Sauveur, Dinaa, c. 1500. sadly debased, and a strange mixture of Italianismjumbled witb it. The arches of this style vary exceedingly in form;those over doors and windows are commonly nearly flatwith the ends only curved, and no point in the centre,as at Harfleur. The mouldings of the… … The crockets area conspicuous feature,being large, and dis-tant from each other,when compared withEnglish examples.The effect of them isstriking, and generallyvery good. The entire absenceof battlements in Frenchbuildings, whether asparapets or merely forornament, as is so com-mon in the Perpen-…

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