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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 263

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ed without a break; it is flanked on each side by asmall pinnacled buttress,the hood moulding iscrocketted, and the apexcrowned with a finial. Thearch of this doorway isincluded within a squareheadband or fascia, com-posed of quatrefoiled cir-cles, and the spandrelsare filled with panel-work.The… … DOORWAYS. 239 mens, but still cliaracteristic of the style. Plainstraight-lined pointed arches sometimes occur in theheads both of doorways and windows, the haunches ofthe arch only being curved, as at the chapel of Henley-in-Arden. The label or hood moulding often finishesat the spring with an…

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