An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 170. Villequier, Normandy, o mouldings. 222 THE FLAMBOYANT STYLE. pillar which is very characteristic of this style consistsof a series of rounds andhollows, in a sort of un-dulating line, without anyfillets or other marked di-vision, as at Abheville(171). Rich open parapets andgallery fronts are a strik-ing feature of this panelling and iron-work are also very richand characteristic. The Flamboyant stylecontinued in use through-out the fifteenth and six-teenth centuries, and partof the seventeenth,though gettinggr
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 170. Villequier, Normandy, o mouldings. 222 THE FLAMBOYANT STYLE. pillar which is very characteristic of this style consistsof a series of rounds andhollows, in a sort of un-dulating line, without anyfillets or other marked di-vision, as at Abheville(171). Rich open parapets andgallery fronts are a strik-ing feature of this panelling and iron-work are also very richand characteristic. The Flamboyant stylecontinued in use through-out the fifteenth and six-teenth centuries, and partof the seventeenth,though gettinggradually moreand more mixedwith the revivedclassical singular mix-ture of stylesknown by the name of the Renaissance often preseitsvery picturesque combinations and striking effects; itis generally superior to the Elizabethan and Jacobanstyles, which correspond to it in 171. Abbevlle, c. 14S0.
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