A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1896)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London, Oxford, J. Parker and Co. · leaf 67
Capital. 57 plants and trees, as the oak, ivy, maple, white- thorn, vine, &c.; which are often worked so truly to na- ture as to lead to the sup- position that the carver used real leaves for his pattern : they are also Hampton Poyle, c. 1320. generally ex- tremely well arranged, and without the… … Christ Church, Oxford, c. 1500. necking only, or for the necking, the bell, and the first moulding above it, to follow the same form, the upper mouldings being changed into an octagon ; ogees, beads, and hollows are the prevailing mould- ings; much of the foliage bears considerable resemblance to…
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