An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 293
hed with sculpture. The two porches, with thedoorways, at the north and south ends of the transeptof Chartres, are the richest parts of the building; butthis is an exceptional instance. Amongst the sculp-tures are figures of the donors or principal benefac-tors ; and as thesefi.gures are repeat-ed… … 174. Soissons Catliedral, A.D. 1212. EARLY FRENCH BASES AND ORNAMENTS. 245 ■character they are ornamented with foliage of verysimilar character to the Early English, called stiff-leaffoliage (174), but the work is in general not so highlyfinished, nor so elegant and graceful. The mouldedcapitals,…
Architecture, Gothic
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