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The principles of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture : with an explanation of technical terms and a centenary of ancient terms ... (1882)

Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, 1805-1888 · London : Bell · leaf 126

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ither formed bya plain projecting stringcoursewith the under edge chamfered,as at Durham Cathedral; or thestringcourse was semihexagonaland returned horizontally alongthe wall, as in the chancels ofFletton Church, Huntingdon-shire, and of Hampton-in-Arden,Warwickshire. The lower stageof the Norman… … Buttress, Hampton-in-Arden Church, War-wickshire. 102 ANGLO-NORMAN STYLE. The projecting mouldings, called stringcourses, car-ried horizontally along the walls of churches, are, in theJSTorman style, numerous and peculiar; one, similar inform to the common Normanabacus, with a plain face, andthe…

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