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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 183

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es a plain octagonal or circular pier was mostfrequently used, as at Boxgrove, Sussex, and St. Giless, 158 EARLY ENGLISH STYLE. Oxford, and as these were continued in the succeedingstyle, they can only be distinguished by the mouldingsand ornaments of the capital and base. The piers andarches on… … Capital, Chapter House, Lincoln Cathedral. abacus, consists generally of a few round and hollowmouldings, as at York, some of which are frequentlydeeply undercut; in early specimens they are gene-rally ornamented with a small nail-head moulding,as at St. Giless, Oxford, and afterwards with the…

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