Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 189
ewhatunnatural to joint them in their length without intro-ducing some visible means of tying them to the mainpillar within. This necessity gave rise to the use ofthe moulded band, which forms so beautiful a featurein the pillars of this period. It is sometimes made ofbrass, but more usually of… … Fig. 88. Fig. 89.—St. Stephens, Caen. Towards the end of the Romanesque period verygreat attention began to be paid to the sections of basemouldings, and in transitional works they are oftenmore beautiful than at any other period. The differ-ence between these bases and the ordinary Attic baseis of…
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