An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 12
(493). {4)One or more bands of acanthus occupythe lower part of the capital ; or leavesof lotus or plantain may be employed, asin the Pantheon capital ; these, however,are^no doubt sometimes nothing but acan-thus leafage unnotched and unveined ; orthe water leaf incurved at the tip may occur. In… … Y. v.. Reims : St. Remi 490 ENGLISH CHURCH ARCFHTI-XTURE examples ; but complex combinations of such elaboration were cut clown remorse-lessly by the eleventh-century masons of Normandy and England. Of the whole numl:)er it often happens thatonly one feature is allowed toremain, the volute, and…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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