A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 139
metimes called galleries. (7.) Pro- jections occur also from the triforium, such as the Min- strels’ Gallery in the nave of Exeter Cathedral, of the fourteenth century. The modern style of wooden galleries in churches, cutting off the arches of the nave, was intro- duced subsequently to the… … above or below the Merton College Chapel, Oxford. stone figure. Gargoyles appear to have been first intro- duced with the Early English style, during the preva- lence of which they were usually made with a very considerable projection : subsequently they were often much less prominent. Their most…
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