An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 100
low theform of the shaft orpillar, and standupon a square ped-estal 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… … 74 NORMAN NICHES, 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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