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 220
ed itsacme of perfection (middle of 15th century), when the details of car-pentry had been mastered, but before there was any tendency to tamethe deep framing down to the flatness of a ceiling. The woodenroofs of churches were generally flatter and less deeply framed thanthose of the halls, which… … 632. Hall of Palace at Eltham. There are few features of Mediaeval art in this country to whichattention could be more properly directed than the roof; for, whetherapplied to secular or ecclesiastical buildings, the framed and carvedwooden roof is essentially English in execution and application,…
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