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An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : notices of numerous British edifices :and some remarks on the architecture of a part of France (1848)

Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Mackenzie, E., 19th cent, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Starling, William Francis, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B, Hutchinson, H., 19th cent · London : J. H. Parker · leaf 146

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in, but oftener ornamented with ribs of afew bold mouldings, and sometimes with these mouldings s These have been destroyed since Mr. Ricknian wrote, and tlie framing of theroof at Peterborough above the ceiling is modern. NORMAN ROOFS. 79 enriched with zigzag and otlier carved work of tliis… … NORMAN GROINED ROOF, PETERBORODGH CATHEDRAL. [The earliest Norman vaults are quite plain, and ofthe barrel form, as in the chapel of the white tower,London; in the next stage they have flat arch-ribs only,they are then groined, but still without ribs ; these plaingroined vaults over narrow spaces…

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