A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture, illustrated by four hundred and forty woodcuts (1846)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. H. Parker · leaf 116
isors and Falaise in Normandy ; and Loches in Touraine. Eaely English, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles of architecture used in this country : it succeeded the Norman towards the end of the twelfth century, and gradually merged into the Decorated at the end of the thirteenth. At its first… … and shadow. The west Door, SUe.e Chiuch, surrey. arches are usually equilateral or lancet-shaped, though drop arches are frequently met with, and sometimes pointed segmental arches ; trefoil and cinquefoil arches are also often used in small openings and panellings. The doorways of this style, in…
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