A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 178
ow, forming what has been called a water-holding hollow. Between this base proper and a repetition of it in Purbeclc marble in the plinth belowis a white stone sub-base with festoon-shaped sculpture which is quite unique. This base has been called a William of Sens base as it is attributed by… … Plate No. CXIV. EXETER CATHEDRAL. NAVE BASE. ,. 1320. D Decorated bases are often stilted, i.e. raised on a high plinth. The clustered shafts, and their bases, arein line with the mouldings of the arches, which are not set back in steps, as in Early English work, butin straight bevels, the outline…
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