Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 370
examples of the transitionalRomanesque or Norman to the Early English Gothic.In all the above examples, the square-moulded abacuswith debased Corinthian foliage on the bell underneath GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT. 349 may be seen, which indicates the transitional type ofcapital. The buildings… … Fig. 388.—Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris. which was a great thing in those days of rapid churchbuilding—by having more slender proportions, which ledto the more refined and elegant style ot the Early Gothicboth in England and on the Continent. The Church of Notre-Dame in Paris is a fine exampleof…
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