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Title: Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842
Subjects: Classical antiquities Civilization, Medieval
Publisher: London : M. A. Nattali
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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In the twelth, they
begin to gain height. In the thir-
teenth, as Bentham observes, they as-
sume the tall modern form ; and it is
certain, that one built of a height equal
to the roof of the church is called the
new fashion, in the Miracles of S. Ber-
tin. The grinning figures for spouts,
said to have been invented by Mar-
chion of Arezzo, architect to Pope In-
nocent III. who died in 12G2,^p are
merely the theatrical masks for this
purpose which occur at Pompeii.
The Pointed Style or Gothick. The
Lancet arch is the oldest form of arch
known in the East; and the Ogee, or
Pointed arch, with convex curvatures,
is also common and ancient in the
East. The lancet arch is also seen in
aqueducts built by Trajan.^q Columns
and intersecting arches (found in
France at the end of the eighth cen-
tury, and common here in the twelfth).
^m As Bromley, Arts, ii. 260, 277, 279.—Archae-
olog. X. 129. ^mStrutts Dresses, pi. 2, 31, 34,
36, 42, 47, 49. ^o Ducange, v. Turrile.
^p Harrods Stamford, ii. 192. ^q Clarke, v. 16,
19, 121 ; vi. 504. PJJ4.
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Parts of the Cathedral of Gloucester

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