An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 145
s and clever worker inmetal, has endeavoured to prove that it is derived and copiedfrom metal ornament, chiefly of gold, which was used at anearlier period, as is recorded at Glastonbury, built by St. Dunstanin 942, when the fabric was of wood plated with gold: thiswooden church is mentioned again… … 85. Westminster Atbey, A.D. 1250.Moulded capital. £AIiLr ENGLISH ABACUS. 121 found there—nothing earlier than 1185, the date of the fire; atwhich time St. Josephs Chapel was commenced, but hardlyfinished, and this is of the transitional style of that period.Early Norman masonry is in general so…
Architecture, Gothic
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