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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 316

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ment,as is so common in the English Perpendicular style,is very remarkable. The mouldings of this style are a sort of caricature ofthe earlier styles, jiJnliil goaerdly shaUow ..,^j00^^ and feeble, but - often much exag-gerated (182). The pillars aresometimes fluted.more often plainrounds, with… … 182. Villequier, Normandy, c. 1500.Flamboyant mouldings. ^ The only examples in France of the use of battlements as an ornament,are believed to be at Dieppe, where the style is more English than French;and at Calais, where there is a small piece of it also on a building ofEnglish character; the…

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