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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 298

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rnach, or such misshapen attempts asthose of the chapel of St. Bartholomew at Paderborn, are rare. Thevaried treatment of the type is generally both original and in goodtaste {Fig. 139). Instead of the floral forms there often appear imi-tations of the ancient Northern interwoven patterns, at times… … Fig. 141.—Capitals from the Abbey Church of Brauweiler. fused character, the fantastic subjects being not only beyond allexplanation, but represented in a manner entirely contrary to thefundamental principles of the architectural member to which theyare applied {Fig. 141). In some instances,…

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