Identifier: introductiontost00park_0 (find matches)
Title: An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic
Publisher: Oxford: J. Parker and Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ei^-ch Mouldings are usually less bold andless rich than the Early English, although some of th^arches of doorways of this style are very richly moulded; EARLY FRENCH: MOULDINGS, ^43^ the window-arches are commonly without any : thereare generally mouldings round the edges of the hay inwhich the windowis placed, hut atan interval of afoot or two fromthe window, andconnected ratherwith the vault andthe vaulting-shaftsthan with the win-dow. The ribshave commonlyhut few mould-ings ; the arch-ribsare almost alwayssquare in section,and often quiteplain. The corniceis usually filledwith foliage of thestiff - leaf charac-ter, or sometimesa kind of crockets ;in other instances, CatHedrai, c. 1250. of a character resembling the Greek foliage used inEngland chiefly in late ^sTorman work, Eaely Teench Dooeways are generally larger andfiner than the Early English, and more enriched withsculpture, having large figures in the jambs, and smallerones upon the arches, with canopies and corbels. They I
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244 EABLY FRENCH CAPITALS. are usually protected by porches, which are eithershallow, and almost form part of the doorways, as atAmiens, or have a bold projection, as at Chartres. There are usually three doorways at the west end,and when they have porches in this situation, thesehave not in general much projection, in order that theymay not interfere with the general effect of the westfront. There are also sometimes three doorways atthe end of each transept, and here the porches aregenerally a more prominent feature, and much en-riched with sculpture. The two porches, with thedoorways, at the north and south ends of the transeptof Chartres, are the richest parts of the building; butthis is an exceptional instance. Amongst the sculp-tures are figures of the donors or principal benefac-tors ; and as thesefigures are repeat-ed in the paintedglass above, withtheir armorialbearings, they areidentified as per-sons living be-tween 1250 and1280. Eaely FeenchCapitals havealmost always thesquar

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