The antiquities of England and Wales . PREFACE. in The characteriftic marks of this ftyle are thefe : The wallsare very thick, generally without buttrelTes; the arches, bothwithin and without, as well as thofe over the doors and windows,femicircular, and fuported by very folid, or rather clumfy co-lumns, with a kind of regular bafe and capital: in fhort, plainnefsand folidity conftitute the finking features of this method ofbuilding. Neverthelefs, the architects of thofe days fometimesdeviated from this rule: their capitals were adorned with carvingsof foliage, and even animals j and their maf
The antiquities of England and Wales . PREFACE. in The characteriftic marks of this ftyle are thefe : The wallsare very thick, generally without buttrelTes; the arches, bothwithin and without, as well as thofe over the doors and windows,femicircular, and fuported by very folid, or rather clumfy co-lumns, with a kind of regular bafe and capital: in fhort, plainnefsand folidity conftitute the finking features of this method ofbuilding. Neverthelefs, the architects of thofe days fometimesdeviated from this rule: their capitals were adorned with carvingsof foliage, and even animals j and their mafhve columns decoratedwith fmall half columns united to them, and their furfaces orna-pmented with fpirals, fquares, lozenge network and other figures,either engraved, or in relievo: various inftances of thefe may befeen in the cathedral of Canterbury, particularly the under-croft?,the monaftery at Lindisfarn or Holy Ifland, the cathedral atDurham, and the ruined choir at Orford in Suffolk, (h) Theirarches too, though generally plain,
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