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 76
much ornamented with rudefoliage, and occasionally animals. The shafts are mostly set insquare recesses. f [This observation of so careful anobserver as Mr. Eickman deservesmore attention than it has received.It seems clear that the pointed archwas in common use in England andmany other parts of… … Oxford Cathedral, c. 1160. St. Peters, Northampton, c 1180. 54 THE NORMAN STYLE. 4th. A plain [square] pier, with perfectly plain roundarches, in two or three divisions, [as at Winchester]. In some cases the shafts are divided by bands, [as at St.Peters, Northampton,] but the instances are not…