An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 270
re almost alwayssquare in section,and often quiteplain. The corniceis usually filledwith foliage of thestiff - leaf charac-ter, or sometimesa kind of crockets ;in other instances, CatHedrai, c. 1250. of a character resembling the Greek foliage used inEngland chiefly in late ^sTorman work, Eaely… … 244 EABLY FRENCH CAPITALS. are usually protected by porches, which are eithershallow, and almost form part of the doorways, as atAmiens, or have a bold projection, as at Chartres. There are usually three doorways at the west end,and when they have porches in this situation, thesehave not in general…
Architecture, Gothic
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