A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 219
tendency of theage, which soon became so ex-aggerated as to destroy the con-structive proportion altogether. We are not able to tracethe gradual steps by which thehammer-beam truss was per-fected, but we can follow itfrom the date of the hall atWestminster (1397), to Wolseys halls at Hampton Court… … 631. Section of Westminster Hall.Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. Bk.VI.Ch. III. CIVIL AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE. 199 belongs to an age when the style adopted for halls had reached itsacme of perfection (middle of 15th century), when the details of car-pentry had been mastered, but before there was any…
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