An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 96
* The terms sculpture or carving are not usually applied to themouldings, -which are said to have been worked, and these appear to havebeen generally worked before they were placed; for instance, the arch-moulds at Iffley, as in almost all cases of zig-zag mouldings, are not con-tinuous ; each… … The Bases are at first very simple, consisting merelyof a quarter-round moulding; then of two quarter-rounds, or two and a chamfer; or else of a round, ora chamfer and a (juarter-round (49): as the style ad-vanced they hecame more enriched, and the numberof members morenumerous : theearlier…
Architecture, Gothic
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