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 228
oth in plain and floweredcapitals, where the shaft is filleted, it is common for thefillet to run through the astragal, and appear to die into thebell. Of these plain capitals, the cathedral of Exeter [p. 198]and the cloisters of Norwich [p. 199] furnish very fine spe-cimens. The bases to these… … 178 THE DECORATED ENGLISH STYLE. in many large buildings they are very deep. The west door-ways of York are of the richest execution, and very deep. To the open-work bands of the last style succeeds an orna-ment equally beautiful, and not so fragile; this is the floweredmoulding, [as at…
