Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 125
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… … Fig. 54.—Sens. F[S- 55-—Notre Dame. leaf may be seen in a simple form in the apsidalcolumns at Noyon, in a more advanced state in thenave of the same church, and at Laon (which,however, is a good deal later), and pretty welldeveloped at Sens, and at Montmartre. In NotreDame the capital a crochet…
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