A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 225
Plate No. CLXIII. MINEHEAD CHURCH, SOMERSET. ROOD SCREEN AND LOET. ,-. i5oo(?). P Somerset is noted for its numerous beautifully carved wooden screens. The Minehead screen is a goodspecimen. Besides the panelling and the tracery, the very elaborate carving of the cornice calls fornotice. Most of… … Plate No. CLXn. TOTNES CHURCH, DEVON. SCREEN, c. i5oo(?). P The screen at Totnes is of stone, but is apparently the result of efforts of the stone-masons to vie withthe wood-carvers in ligiitness and gracefulness. As a rule sculpture and ornament should conform to thenature of the material, but to…
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