Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 210
f durhammanesque builders of Normandy, cathedral. but with more of picturesqueness and less of refinementand technical elegance. Heavy walls, recessed arches,round mouldings, cubic cushion-caps, clustered piers, and indoorways a jamb-shaft for each stepping of the arch werecommon to both styles.… … 1/8 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. contemporaneous French Norman churches, as appears bycomparing the nave of Waltham or Peterboro with that ofC^risy-la-Foret, in Normandy. Although the massivenessof the Anglo-Norman piers and walls plainly suggests the intention of vaulting the nave, this inten-tion…
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