An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 96
tal or plinth; theangles of this squureplinth being frequentlyfilled up with someornament, called foot-ornaments, or base orna-ments (50): these in-crease in richness andboldness as the styhadvances, and their usowas continued for sometime in the subsequent style• ■ 50. St Cross, Winchester, c.… … 74 NORMAN NICHES. they are chiefly placed over the doorways, and gene-rally retain the figures which they were constructedto receive. These figures being executed in low reliefupon the surface of the stone, were less liable to injurythan the figures of the later styles, which are carvedon separate…
Architecture, Gothic
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