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Some account of Gothic architecture in Spain (1865)

Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881 · London, J. Murray · leaf 254

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finelycarved capitals under the eaves corbel-tables; and the string-courses which occur below the windows, on a level with theircapitals, and again just over their arches, are generally deli-cately carved, but sometimes moulded. The central apse ishigher than those on either side, and consequently… … EH m > g Chap. VIII. AVILA: SAN VICENTE. 171 and tlie eaves, tliere is a certain air of disjointedness in thewhole design which is not pleasing. The transept facades arevery simple : both are pierced with windows of one light high npin the wall, and the northern transept is vigorously treated…

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