An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 315
illed with sculpture, is usuallyoccupied by a window in Flamboyant work, as atHarfleur, Normandy (179). Mr. Rickman ob-serves, in describingthis style, that Itsessence seems to beelaborate and minuteornament, and thiscontinues until theforms and combina-tions are sadly de-based, and a… … 181. St. Lo, Iformandy, c. 1450. Shewing the arch-mouldings dying intothe round pillar without any capital orimpost. THE FLAMBOYANT STYLE. 263 The mouldings of the pier-arches commonly die intothe pillars without any capitals, as at St. Lo, Nor-mandy (181). The crockets are a conspicuous feature,…
Architecture, Gothic
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