An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 97
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… … ^^ Q^_^i^ Sfj 51. Leigh, Worcestersliire, c. 1100. Tabernac)e •with figure of Christ, under a moulded arch, with shafts having the cushion capital and the plain Norman abacus. nimbus. The sculpture is at first very shallow, but.becomes deeper as the style advances. The Mouldings have been already…
Architecture, Gothic
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