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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 295

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are combined side bj side, as in Plate XV, 1. Theabacus is heavy, molded, sometimes carved with saw-teeth, zigzags or other ornaments. The scallopedcushion type is also very common (Plate XV, 3). Cor-bels are either plain or grotesque. Doorways, Arches and Moldings. The doorways are often extremely… … IlG. . - -...•-.•..i<rci.*;;-2i«i!i>l....Ki. OUXAMENTS FROM liFLEY Church. shafts, as at Iffley.Zigzags on the face andsoffit of an arcli are ar-3 raj^ed to produce al-ternate pyramids andlozenge-shaped holes; al-ternate zigzags are con-vex and concave insection. Saw-teeth, star-|[ j flowers…

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