Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 151
hen they became gradually multiplied, butstill convex below ; then the outline became concave ; n8 LECTURES ON [LECTURE III. subsequently the cushions from semicircles became amuch greater portion of a circle, appearing like a seriesof rolls bent into a concave outline, with deep hollowsbetween… … Figs. 77, 78.—St. Davids. and, as a last step, before the final rejection of the type,the whole roll is converted into foliage together. AtSt. Davids all these later steps are exhibited in a verycurious and interesting manner. Some of them maybe seen in the choir of Lichfield Cathedral, and…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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