Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 728
two schools in the association of thegable with the arch below it. It has just been stated that thepure Eomanesque condition is the round arch under the lowgable, a, Fig. XIV., aDd the pure Gothic condition is thepointed arch under the high gable, b. But in the passage fromone style to the other,… … a & e tZ Fig. XIV. § xciii. We have thus determined the relation of Gothic tothe other architectures of the world, as far as regards the mainlines of its construction ; but there is still one word which ,needs to be added to our definition of its form, with respect toa part of its decoration,…
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