Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 193
inalbunch which completes the crocket is conventional.2Towards the middle of the century the natural andconventional foliage were very much used together, the 1 See capital from S. Eusebe, Auxerre, Lecture III., page 101 ; alsocapitals from Montmartre, Lecture VIII., page 319. 2 See capitals from… … Fig. 96.—Southwell Minster. still later in English, natural foliage became the ruleand conventional the exception. The capitals which prevailed during this centuryform the most magnificent series which any style ofarchitecture can boast. Whether the foliage is natural,conventional, or both united,…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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