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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 30

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edarcade of Carolingian tradition; the flat and arched corbel-tables with grotesque carvings, derived (perhaps indirectly)from Lombardy. The flora, on the other hand, was either na-tive or derived from the neighboring schools of the South. Whilethere is a continuous and marked progress in… … THE ROYAL SCHOOL doorways of England, Normandy, Lombardy, or Provence.The survival of classic tradition in Berry, as throughout thesouth of France, led to a certain awkwardness in the propor-tions of capitals and columns. The facades of Berry were usually characterized by a Greekcross, placed in…

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