Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 139
monks committedits restoration to William of Sens, who had, in all pro-bability, been engaged on the recently-completed cathe-dral in that city. He carried on the works till disabledby an accident in 1179, when he left them in the handsof his assistant, called, by way of distinction, William,the… … Fig. 71.—Canterbury Cathedral, Capitals. William of Sens. the good judgment to Anglicise it in a slight degree,as we see in the liberal use of the zigzag and other
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