Architecture; an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London: Williams and Norgate · leaf 193
SAXON AND NORMAN SCHOOLS 189 the church similar to the defaced crucifix over the west door of the church of Headbourn- worthy, not far away. A very large number of carved stone crosses, grave-slabs and fonts, as well as an endless number of fragments, exist which belong to the Saxon period. The… … and more savage type of Fig. 39. art are largely Danish and Norse, similar types are found in Scandinavia, The quatrefoil early appears in Saxon w^ork, and it became such a favourite form that one is tempted to consider it a Saxon contribution to European art. The quatrefoil was a cross with…
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