A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 117
e top of the building with but little diminution, andterminate in acutely-pointed pediments which, when raisedabove the parapet, produce in some degree the effect ofpinnacles. Flying buttresses were first introduced inthis style. The roofs appear always to have been highpitched, The ornaments used… … Chapter House, Southwell, c. 1320 111 common and characteristic is the dog-tooth ornament, whichis often introduced in great profusion, and the hollowsentirely filled with it. The foliage is very remarkable forboldness of effect, and it is often so much undercut as to beconnected with the mouldings…
