An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 177
n-sitional Normancharacter: they arenot very numerousin the Early Eng-lish style, and oftenconsist merely ofan octagonal shaftwith a pyramidalcapping; after-wards, particularlyin large buildings,they are eitherround or octagonal,with shafts at theangles, sometimes 113. Beaulieu, Hampshire,… … The Flying Buttress now becomes a prominentfeature in large buildings. It is often found in Nor-man work, but concealed under the roof of the tri-forium, as at Durham, Winchester, and many otherfine Norman buildings; but in this style it is carriedup higher, and is altogether external, spanning…
Architecture, Gothic
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