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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 294

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ts or merely for ornament,as is so common in the English Perpendicular style,is very remarkable^. The mouldings of this style are a sort of caricature ofthe earlier styles,generally shallowand feeble, butoften much exag-gerated (182). The pillars aresometimes fluted,more often plainrounds, with… … 182. Villequier, Iformandy, c. 1500.Flamboyant mouldings. b The only examples in France of the use of battlements as an ornament,are believed to be at Dieppe, where the style is more English than French;and at Calais, where there is a small piece of it also on a building ofEnglish character; the…

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