Prior, Edward S. (Edward Schröder), 1852-1932 · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 403
of his decorativepassages, was too seldom brought into those pieces themselves. Thesculpturesque restraint, which inform with almost a Greek serenity alikethe arcades of Wells chapter house, the effigy of Queen Eleanor, andthe leafage of St. Frideswides shrine, yield after 1300 to the. Jinesseof a… … 298. CHKKTSEV. TlLLb OK DECORATION OF THE EOTRTE-ENTH CENTURY -,^3 loaded with unconstructive richnesses as the Iffley doorway, or that ofRochester chapter house. For when, in place of the shapeHness ofsubstance, the piquancy of decoration has attracted attention, themukiplicatlon and exaggeration…
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