An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 302
rtain, Normandy, c. 1250. r The example here given is perhaps rather an exceptional one thanwhat is usual, but for that very reason it indicates more ciearly the idea,and shews the marked difference in the recesses between an English anda French belfry-tower of the same period. EARLY FRENCH TOWERS.… … 176. Versainville, c. 1250.Tower with saddle-back roof. finished. They are sometimes terminated by squarepyramids hardly amounting to spires, but these belonggenerally to the earlier period; short octagonal spiresof wood, covered with slate or shingles, are sometimes 248 EARLY FRENCH TOWERS. used,…
Architecture, Gothic
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