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 337
often also beautifullyadorned. The chief departurefrom this type of the Roman-esque portal in the eleventh cen-tury is found in the removal ofthe lintel (Fig. 224, 4), and insubstituting another mode ofembellishment. The doorwaywas still a receding series of diminishing arches. Thenew mode of… … NORMAN ROMANESQUEPORTAI,. Its Essential Elements. 315 saints. There was at this time a general revolt to theecclesiastical symbolism, which had been in vogue. Thisopposition was, in reality, only the first expression withinthe realm of ecclesiastical architecture of that newlife which was to…
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