An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation ; with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders /by the late Thomas Rickman (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 175
y issometimes used, and a plain finial. These niches, except thechancel stalls, and the stoup and water-drain, are seldom single,except in buttresses, but mostly in ranges. Early English Ornaments. The first ornament to be described is that already noticedas the peculiar distinction of this style,… … Tooth-Ornament and Dripstone Termination, Piscina, North Transept, York Cathedral, a.d. 1245. it is generally straight-sided, and not round like the leaves ofa flower, though at a distance, in front, it looks much likea small flower. It is very difficult to describe it, and stillmore so to draw it…
