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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 289

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ill full of the spirit, and shows many of thedetails, of the Romanesque. Horizontal moldings receive but little emphasis inFrench Romanesque ornament, and there are no dis-tinctly typical horizontal moldings, except those of theAttic bases of the columns already mentioned. Hori-zontal bands,… … Fig. 271. Carvko Ban-rs,FR05I St. iVtiiiN, Ax(;Kits. of the classic cornice the nioiuisticbuilders had only the Lombardarcaded cornice, or the more elab-orate corbel table. In minor posi-tions the simplest copings with oneor two moldings suffice. Corbel Tables. These may have originated inthe…

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