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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 383

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lly spandrels of arcades, as in the naveof Westminster Abbey (Fig. 367). English figure-sculpture is decidedly inferior to theFrench; there is nothing like the stupendous porches ofthe French cathedrals with their wealth of statues andreliefs. The west front of Wells Cathedral is the onlyexample of… … Fig. 368. Part of Woodek Screen,ManCiiester Cathedral. SCHOOLS OF GOTHIC ORNAMENT

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