An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 145
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… … 85. Westminster Abbey, A.D. 1250.Moulded capital. It must be acknow-ledged that the use offoliage, as at Lincoln,does give greater rich-ness of effect to thebuilding. The origin ofthis foliage has beenmuch discussed; it seemsmost probable that itwas derived by gradualchanges from the Clas-sical…
Architecture, Gothic
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