Spanish architecture of the sixteenth century; general view of the plateresque and Herrera styles (1917)
Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941 · New York, London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 93
hout that Moorish stamp which the race lefton all the carpentry of Spain. Besides the frieze of woodsupporting the ceilings, several rooms have in addition a sec-ondary frieze of plaster or yeseria worked at much finer scale. 64 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE OF THE XVI CENTURY The two were a combination… … Fic. 20—Wooden Artesonado in the Palacio Arzobispal, Alcala de Henares. traves are finely moulded and in the frieze of each is inscribedJohannes Tavera Cardinalis. The same cardinals blazonis employed in the motif above the cornice. More will be heard of Alonso de Covarrubias in succeedingchapters.…
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