Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 172
ne or two orders, although the moulded form was used as earlyas c. 1125 at Bellefontaine (111. 199). The interesting andexceptionally advanced archivolts of this church consisted ofdouble orders, each corner being softened by a roll moulding.This same form with the addition of curved undercutting… … III. 188.— Spire of Chamant PROFILES when used externally over windows and doorways, had theirstructural function in shedding rain-water; but to apply theminternally as mere ornament was contrary to the Gothic senseof architectural truth.1 Thus the archivolts were allowed toretain throughout the…
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