History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 172
remodelled by the Normans,it is doubtful whether a singlechurch remains entire. Door-ways (Fig. 22) and columnsare occasionally found in cas-tles and other buildings, whichshow decisive marks of Saxonorisfin. Towers were erectedover the west front of Saxon churches and over the cross.In the… … IN ENGLAND. 139 Fig. 23. and freqiiently compound. The principal door-casesM^ere decorated with pillars and sculptured capitals.Round the arches weremouldings of great va-riety ; and bas-relief or-naments of skulls, cross-bones, and other liideousdesigns, were rudelycarved in confusedgroups about…
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