A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 180
. c. 1500. P In Perpendicular columns caps and bases tend to become less important features. The mouldings of thearches are sometimes carried down the columns without a break, or capitals and bases, reduced to verysmall dimensions, are given only to the shafts at the angles. The plinths and… … Plate No. CXVI. MALMESBURY ABBEY, WILTS. NAVE CAPITALS. 150. N The capitals of the great round pillars at Malmesbury are of the kind called scalloped. This seems tohave been developed from the cushion capital (see PI. CVIII) by multiplication. Instead of one semi-circle on each face, a series of…
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