An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 96
dge (47), Malmesbury (43), and Kirkstall(44). This form of capital was perhaps the most com-mon of all in the first half of the twelfth century, andcontinued in use to the end of the INTorman style. The capitalswere frequentlycarved at a periodsubsequent totheir erection, asin the crypt… … 72 NORMAN CAPITALS. minster, before mentioned, this is equally evident. AtCastle Ashby, Northamptonshire, is the jamb of a Nor-man doorway with the pattern for the sculptor scratchedupon it with the chisel, but never executed In later Norman work the capitals are frequentlyornamented with foliage,…
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