An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 93
ulded, one pier with shafts at-1 -j , 1 tached, the other with zig-zag fluting. the church are usually ornamented in the same manner; the side-arches, where there are transepts, are frequently muchplainer, and often pointed. Norman arches are notunfrequently of the horse-shoe form, but the… … NORMAN ARCHES, 67 stilted to accommodate them to their position. Thearches of the triforium are generally wide and low;sometimes they are divided by two sub-arches. The form of the arch was at all periods dictatedpartly by convenience, and is not to be relied on asa guide to the date or style; but…
Architecture, Gothic
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