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A history of Gothic art in England (1900)

Prior, Edward S. (Edward Schröder), 1852-1932 · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 289

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WALTON. NAVE. crockct-motivc with a trefoil- head, more tightly treated than further north, clustering to the abacus,in Caen fashion with the ball distinct. Later, with fuller growth, the the leafage is a plain diapering of the roll—a main vaulting shafts with an oak-leaf motive, surface enrichment… … SCULPTURE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 269 crocket-heads mingle their side shoots in one continuous roll, but alwayswith a restrained elegance and a spherical contour. Westwards of the central types—Wells, Gloucester, and to someextent, Worcester—show their carved capitals retaining some of the…

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