A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 422
building material in preference to stone. It Bk. VII. Cn. III. DETAILS. 403 is difficult, for instance, to understand how such a form of decorativearch as that on the old staircase at Canterbury could have arisen fromany exigency of stone construction ; but it displays all that freedomof form and… … 854. Norman Gateway, College Green, Bristol. (Cath. Hb.) typical specimen of the style—sober, and constructive, yet rich—-without a vestige of animal life, but with such forms as an ivory orwood carver might easily invent, and would certainly adopt. The great defect of such a style of decoration as…
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