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An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)

Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 391

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x; OH O (U DX vor,. II.—58 865 866 ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE string so profiled (said technically to be throated), the hollow had another merit, viz.,that it cut off the drip and prevented it from trickling down the wall immediatelybelow. A great variety of throated strings will be found : it… … F. H. c. Beverley Minster : Nave profiling of strings, dripstones, hoodmolds and other minor members of the building.Where freestone had to be brought from a distance and where consequently the localmasons were inexpert, they omitted all the minor members they could and simplifiedthe rest; this was…

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