Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece (1828)
Woods, Joseph, 1776-1864 · London, J. and A. Arch · leaf 242
urs in the early architecture of France, of the eleventh, and perhaps ofpart of the twelfth century, but I think not later. In the fifth story, theangular shafts receive their capitals, and unite with other shafts on thefaces of the octagon to support a series of little arches ; but as theangular… … IRON TIES. 211 one projecting before the other. Over this are two stories, rathersmaller than those below, and forming an equal sided octagon; and aboveall is a spire, cut to indicate scales or shingles, terminating in a globe, anda little winged figure supporting a weathercock. I have*dwelt…
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