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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 284

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ever, wall-arcades occurfrequently, especially asdecorations of the side-aisle walls under the win-dows; such arcades arecalled arcatures. InNormandy the arches aresometimes interlaced, andthis device was lateradopted in England and is common in Anglo-Normanchurches. Moldings. With the new types of… … Fig. 269. Double Kixceau,Xotre Dajie, Paris. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT already been made, and which special!}^ distinguishesFrench Romanesque architectural art. All arches beingstepped, and their square edges, as already described,cut into roll-moldings between chamfers, there resultedin doorways and…

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