A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 97
he capitaland the arch in Byzantine architecture (called a pulvin by M. Rivoira). According to Freeman it wasthe rejection of these dregs of classical architecture and the adoption of the free arch which gave theimpetus to Norman architecture. Unfortunately this window has been glazed, and the… … Plate No. XXXIII. ST BENETS CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE. TOWER ARCH. ,. 1050 Features to be noticed:—the strange beasts sculptured above the abacus on either side; the absence ofany recessing of the arch and of mouldings; the continuance of the pilaster strips on the imposts roundthe arch as a hood-mould;…
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