Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 324
croll {44, 42), are restored. The but-tress (/5) also assumes a new character, since it is notterminated by theGothic finial, nordoes it narrowfrom base to sum-mit as heretofore.The ornamenta-tion of this cen-tury is transitionalto the mode ofdecoration be-longing to the Re-naissance style,wherein… … GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS OF LATE GOTHIC. V. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORNICE, BALUSTRADE, AND PARAPET. § Cornice from the Sixth to the Twelfth Century. The facade in classical architecture culminated in a mag-nificent and far-projecting cornice. Christian architec-ture reduced the cornice to a most…
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