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 459
d on a capitalof intertwined dragons, more worthy of a Runic cross or tombstonethan a Gothic editice. The tower windows are filled with a quatrefoiltracery (Woodcut No. 896), in a manner very unusual, and a mode ofconstruction is adopted which does not perhaps exist anywhere else inBritain. The… … Doorway, St. Giless, Edinburgh. and all their mould-ings were character-ised by strength andvigour, as shownin the examplestaken from Glasgowand Dunfermline(Woodcuts Nos.876, 891). At alater period, how-ever, when theEnglish were usingperpendicular tra-cery, and when theinvention of fan-Aaulting…
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