Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London, Oxford, James Parker · leaf 68
ether the pier-arches, or over windows, wall arcades, &c., and frequently also as horizontal strings or tablets. One of the most usual and characteristic Norman strings exactly resembles the abacus of the ca¬ pital, or the impost of the pier, with a hollow chamfer under it; another is merely… … , -i • -J , Chevron, or zig-zag, with Beads, third century, and probably earlier, but in all early work it is used
Architecture, Gothic · England -- Oxford
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
