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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 180

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o some confusion of ideas on thissubject. The Btjtteesses, instead of being, as in the laststyle, mere strips of masonry slightly projecting fromthe wall, have now a very bold projection, and gene-rally diminish upwards by stages, terminating eitherin a pedimental head, or gable, or in a plain… … 112. Lincoln Cathedral, c. 1220.Boss, north aisle of nave. EARLY ENGLISH BUTTRESSES. first sometimes square, as at Bishops Cleeve, Glou-cestershire (64),which is of tran-sitional Normancharacter: they arenot very numerousin the Early Eng-lish style, and oftenconsist merely ofan octagonal shaftwith…

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