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... capital , and moulding , till all are fused into a perfect whole ; are at once a sub- ject of most curious inquiry , and one tending to point out more strongly than any other part of their history , the real animating principles of ...
... capital , and moulding , till all are fused into a perfect whole ; are at once a sub- ject of most curious inquiry , and one tending to point out more strongly than any other part of their history , the real animating principles of ...
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... capital of its own , with an orna- ment of round knobs or pellets , more like what are found in Romanesque architecture . A similar space over the entrance to the Treasury is now left open , but is generally supposed to have been filled ...
... capital of its own , with an orna- ment of round knobs or pellets , more like what are found in Romanesque architecture . A similar space over the entrance to the Treasury is now left open , but is generally supposed to have been filled ...
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... capital and base are such natural finishes , that they could hardly fail soon to be added , and that without doubt at a much earlier stage of a style originally stone , than in those which are to be traced up to erections of timber ...
... capital and base are such natural finishes , that they could hardly fail soon to be added , and that without doubt at a much earlier stage of a style originally stone , than in those which are to be traced up to erections of timber ...
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... capital is wanting , the wooden pillar being actually pierced , as in the original construction , by the beam , which must in courtesy be looked upon as an entablature . In an original stone construction , whether of erection or ...
... capital is wanting , the wooden pillar being actually pierced , as in the original construction , by the beam , which must in courtesy be looked upon as an entablature . In an original stone construction , whether of erection or ...
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... capital ; " the capital consisting , in the most com- plete and decorative form , of four brackets diverging from a centre , each being of the diameter of the column . This allows the supporting masses to be brought nearer to each other ...
... capital ; " the capital consisting , in the most com- plete and decorative form , of four brackets diverging from a centre , each being of the diameter of the column . This allows the supporting masses to be brought nearer to each other ...
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Page 316 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone.
Page 315 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alleyed walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, EXposed t'o the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...