An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 101
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… … 51. Leigh, Worcestershire, c. 1100.Tabernacle with figure of Christ, under a moulded arch, with shaftshaving the cushion capital and the plain Norman abacus. nimbus. The sculpture is at first very shallow, butbecomes deeper as the style advances. The Mouldings have been already mentioned…
Architecture, Gothic
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