Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 106
ne between the arch and the wall. These mouldings in their elementary forms are alike. In Anglo-Saxon they were usually square courses (Fig. 237) ; in Norman, their simple form is the same with the angle cut off (Fig. 238). This form for the im- post and the label was adopted also, very usually,… … Fig. 239. fact, the upper course of the square portion of the pier for which the shaft has been substituted, or out of the substance of which it is cut (Fig. 240). The object, therefore, to be kept in view in design- ing the capital, is to devise the best method or methods of bringing about a…
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