Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 278
-shaft or nook-col-umn in a door or window. Lombard or comacine influ-ences seem to have had a share in its development. Theshaft is straight, without en-tasis or taper (Figure 257) ;sometimes, in late doorwavs,richlv carved with geometricpatterns (Figure 260). Thebase is of the Attic type,often… … Fig. 2G4. Baslo withSpurs. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT Moissac they have a decidedly Byzantine character.The introduction of grotesques, both human and bestial,gave rise to new types (Figures 259, 261). Occasion-alty a species of cushion cai3ital is used, especially inNormandy, tlie upper part square,…
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