Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 125
Fig. 50.—Notre Dame, West Front. Fig. 51.—St. Eusebe, Auxerre. west front of Notre Dame (about 1220) as examples of io2 LECTURES ON [lecture hi. its success just before the systematic introduction ofnatural foliage. … Fig. 52.—Noyon. Capital from the apse. Fig. 53.—Laon. Capital. At this point I ought to mention the introduction(though of somewhat earlier date) of what the Frenchcall the capital a crochet. I exhibit a sketch show-ing its origin from a plain unruffled leaf, which accom-panied the Byzantine…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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