. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 84. Lincoln Cathedral, 1220. North Transept, shewing the mouldedabacus, stiff-leaf foliag-e, and the tooth-ornament used between the shafts. I20 EARLY ENGLISH CAPITALS. style; many of our finest buildingsminster Abbey (85),have their capitalsformed of a plain bellreversed, with mould-ings round the abacus,like rings put upon it,and round the neck. such as TVest-. 85. Westminster Abbey, capital. It must be acknow-ledged that the use offoliage, as at Lincoln,does give greater rich-ness of effect to thebuilding. The or
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 84. Lincoln Cathedral, 1220. North Transept, shewing the mouldedabacus, stiff-leaf foliag-e, and the tooth-ornament used between the shafts. I20 EARLY ENGLISH CAPITALS. style; many of our finest buildingsminster Abbey (85),have their capitalsformed of a plain bellreversed, with mould-ings round the abacus,like rings put upon it,and round the neck. such as TVest-. 85. Westminster Abbey, capital. It must be acknow-ledged that the use offoliage, as at Lincoln,does give greater rich-ness of effect to thebuilding. The origin ofthis foliage has beenmuch discussed; it seemsmost probable that itwas derived by gradualchanges from the Clas-sical orders, chiefly fromthe Ionic volute; andSir Gilbert Scott, in his Lectures, has shewn that he can traceit, by successive steps, from Byzantium through the southof France, beginning with Carcassone. Byzantine foliage wasalso introduced, with other ornaments, by the Crusaders, invarious countries, on their return from Syria, in the latterhalf of the twelfth century. Mr. Skidmore of Coventry, an ingenious and clever worker inmetal, has endeavoured to prove that it is derived and copiedfrom metal ornament, chiefly of gold, which was used at anearlier period, as is recorded at Glastonbury, built by St. Dunstanin 942, when the fabric was of wood plated with gold: thiswooden church is mentioned again
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