The antiquities of England and Wales . ::2y(^t>^ (?^ (y4)f^?y^/^^<?9^^(^Aee^cn^^^ JCe/t&.. Arc jr i tk cture. PREFACE. Ill The charafleriftlc marks of this ftyle are thefe: The wallsare very thick, generally without buttreffes; the arches, bothwithin and without, as well as thofe over the doors and windows,fern;circular, and fuported by very folid, or rather clumfy co-lumns, with a kind of regular bafe and capital : in fhort, plainnefsand folidity conflitute the ftriking features of this method ofbuilding. Neverthelefs, the architeds of thofe days fometimesdeviated from
The antiquities of England and Wales . ::2y(^t>^ (?^ (y4)f^?y^/^^<?9^^(^Aee^cn^^^ JCe/t&.. Arc jr i tk cture. PREFACE. Ill The charafleriftlc marks of this ftyle are thefe: The wallsare very thick, generally without buttreffes; the arches, bothwithin and without, as well as thofe over the doors and windows,fern;circular, and fuported by very folid, or rather clumfy co-lumns, with a kind of regular bafe and capital : in fhort, plainnefsand folidity conflitute the ftriking features of this method ofbuilding. Neverthelefs, the architeds of thofe days fometimesdeviated from this rule : their capitals were adorned with carvingsof foliage, and even animals; and their maflive columns decoratedVfwh fmall half columns united to them, and their furfaces orna-mented with fpirals, fquares, lozenge network and other figures,either engraved, or in relievo : various infbances of thefe may befeen in the cathedral of Canterbury, particularly the nnder-croft,the monaflery at Lindisfarn or Holy Ifland, the cathedral atDurham, and the ruined choir at Orford in Suffolk, (h) The
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