Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 233
small detriment of the doorways. The inner doorway is an exquisite work of art, themouldings being most beautifully foliated. The sides ofthe porch are arcaded in two stages in a most beauti-ful and artistic manner, and probably contained sculp-ture. The capitals are among the finest to be found… … Fig. 117.—Ely Cathedral, Eastern Front. They were commenced by Bishop North wold in 1235,and completed in 1251. It forms one of the finest specimens of the EarlyEnglish style. The noble development of its triforium lecture v.] MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE. 191 is an inheritance from the Norman church,…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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