Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 295
gs, and rosettesor flowers are not uncommon. Another characteristicornament is the beak-head,—a grotesque birds head withenormous beak, appliedto the voussoirs of anarcli, the beak pointed in-wards, and sometimesspanning several mold-ings (Fig. 277). Gro-tesques occur in arch or-naments, but… … Fjg. li/ 2t. Beak-head Molding,Iffley Church. 268 ROMANESQUE ORNAMENT the multiplied points of light on projecting details show-ing brilliantly against the dark shadows. Famous ex-amples of such doorways are those of Iffley Church,Barfreston Church and the Priors Door of Ely Cathe-dral, and many…
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