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A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)

Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 100

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showing Saxon influence in the grooving of the column and scalloping ofthe capitals as a continuance rather than a resumption such as we find in 12th century work, whenSaxon masons began to re-assert their taste. The three storeys are here well illustrated :—the main arcade,triforium, and… … Plate No. XXXVI. WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. NORTH TRANSEPT. io8;. N This is one of the earliest portions of Winchester Cathedral. The architecture is of a severe type.Some of the arches are horse-shoed. The capital and abacus of the round pillar are unusually simple.The masonry is wide-jointed. Over the…

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