Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 382
ge win-dows widely spaced.Ornament was chief-ly concentrated aboutthe doors and win-dows, except for theroof balustrades,which were often ex-ceedingly elaborate,spread over the whole fa9ade, as in the Casa de las Conchasat Salamanca, adorned with cockle-shells carved at inter-vals all over the… … FIG. 195.—DOOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, SALAMANCA. Occasionally a decorative motive is 350 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. rounded by arcades frequently of the most fanciful design,overloaded with minute ornament, as in the Infantas pal-ace at Saragossa, the Casa de Zaporta at Guadalajara (Fig. 196), and the…
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