Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . n marble shafts, which seemsto be a refined version of the Norman clerestory atWinchester, Durham, Norwich, or Peterborough, wherea wide and high central light opposite the window is setbetween two smaller and lower openings. The featurewhich the two choirs have most distinctly in common isthe group of marble colonnettes in two tiers at the angleof the lesser transept, which is shown in both Plates LXIIand LXVI, but it is difficult to see how otherwise it couldhave been done, and the difference in their capitals andtheir foliage interferes wi
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . n marble shafts, which seemsto be a refined version of the Norman clerestory atWinchester, Durham, Norwich, or Peterborough, wherea wide and high central light opposite the window is setbetween two smaller and lower openings. The featurewhich the two choirs have most distinctly in common isthe group of marble colonnettes in two tiers at the angleof the lesser transept, which is shown in both Plates LXIIand LXVI, but it is difficult to see how otherwise it couldhave been done, and the difference in their capitals andtheir foliage interferes with the resemblance. For at 1 I take these dimensions from the published plans. CH. XIl] EARLY ENGLISH 207 Lincoln the abacus is round instead of being square as Lincolnat Canterbury, and this change carries with it an entirely cathedralfresh motive in the sculpture1. W ith the square abacus away goes all tradition of the Theclassic Corinthian capital, and with the round one comes roundin the typical English foliage which constitutes quite a abacus. \ w~ I
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