An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 144
ge of thesecapitals is technicallycalled Stiff-leaf foli-age,but this alludesonly to the stiff stem orstalk of the leaf, whichrises from the ring ofthe capital ; the foliageitself is frequently as farremoved from stiffnessas any can be, as for in-stance in the capitals ofLincoln (84). The… … 84. Lincoln Cathedral, A.D. 1220. North Transept, shewing the mouldedabacus, stiff-leaf foliag-e, and the tooth-ornament used between the shafts. I20 EARLY ENGLISH CAPITALS. style; many of our finest buildingsminster Abbey (85),have their capitalsformed of a plain bellreversed, with mould-ings…
Architecture, Gothic
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