An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 98
or plinth; theangles of this squareplinth being frequentlyfilled up with someornament, called foot-ornaments, or base orna-ments (50): these in-crease in richness andboldness as the styleadvances, and their usewas continued for sometime in the subsequentstyle. 50. St Cross, Winchester, c. 1180.Late… … 74 NORMAN NTCnES, they are chiefly placed over the doorways, and gene-rally retain the figures which they were constructedto receive. These figures being executed in low reliefupon the surface of the stone, were less liable to injurythan the figures of the later styles, which are carvedon separate…
Architecture, Gothic
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