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 226
whole is used witha Doric simplicity and boldness which is very remarkable. Sometimes,it must be confessed, this independence of constraint is carried a littletoo far, as in the pier-arches at Jedburgh (Woodcut No. 634), whichare thrown across between the circular pillars without any… … 635. Arches in Kelso Abbey. Besides the general grandeur of their designs, a great deal of thedetail of these abbeys is of the richest and best class of the age. Thefavorite form, as at Leuchars, is that of circular arches intersectingone another so as to form pointed sub-arches, and these are…
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