Prior, Edward S. (Edward Schröder), 1852-1932 · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 287
expressions there is a niggling quaverin place of the strong rhythms of theEnglish manner. Not Seez or Coutances,but Chichester and Wells, and then Lin-coln, Ely, and York are to be credited withthe true characterization of the crocketform for the purposes of the circular-planned abacus.^ In each… … 200. CAEN CAPITAL. The animal and human form in botharts now come rarely into the decoration ofmoulding and capital. St. Marys, Shrews-bury, shows some head-crockets, and atWells little figures twist between the stems,both being of the twelfth century, but thethirteenth century work in its first…
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