. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. FiK. J Chap. III. NORM AN. 173 fXT^ duccd alternafcly, soinctiincs \vc fuul one capriciously inserted between several round onesIheso are, for the most part, obtusely pointed, thongli occasionally tbey are the reverse. ihey are always wide, stand on1 , ~~ liea\y columns, or are decorated _^ ^_ ^^ ,. with mouldings, or both. The apjiroaches to the pointed stylewere not strongly marked, butthey were indicated; for thepointed style cannot be pro-
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. FiK. J Chap. III. NORM AN. 173 fXT^ duccd alternafcly, soinctiincs \vc fuul one capriciously inserted between several round onesIheso are, for the most part, obtusely pointed, thongli occasionally tbey are the reverse. ihey are always wide, stand on1 , ~~ liea\y columns, or are decorated _^ ^_ ^^ ,. with mouldings, or both. The apjiroaches to the pointed stylewere not strongly marked, butthey were indicated; for thepointed style cannot be pro-noiniced to have commenceduntil the sharp-pointed archsprung from a slender columngraced with a ca])ital of carvedfoliage, and this it is not safeto ])lace earlier than the reignof John. The arch which risesmore than a semicircle doesnot very often occur; but itmust be mentioned as exhibit-ing one of the varieties of theperiod. Columns. — These areof very large diameter re!ativeto their heights and shafts are circular, iiexa-gonal, and sometimes octago-nal, on the plan ; fluted, lo-zenged, reticulated, and other-wise sculjitured. Som
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