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 206
PARAPETS. 181 from which the name as well as the ornament itself mayhave been taken—curling round downwards; in a sub-sequent but still early stage it finished with a trefoilwithin a curve thus formed. The cathedrals of Salis-bury and Wells present early specimens of the crocket. A simple… … Parapet, Brize-Norton Church, Oxfordshire. At Salisbury Cathedral the horizontal parapet is re-lieved by a series of blank trefoil-headed panels sunk inthe head. Sometimes a plain low embattled parapetcrowns the wall. In the arrangement of large Conventual churches theform of the Cross was still…
Architecture, Gothic
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
