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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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. The bestexamples of this style are at Pisa and Lucca: the well-knownfalling tower of Pisa is one. In the countries bordering on theEhine a similar style prevailed, and it continued in use down tothe thirteenth century. Many Eomanesque churches in Italyand on the Ehine are contemporary with our cathedrals atLincoln, Wells, and Salisbury. 4 THE ROMAN PERIOD, In Britain the buildings of the Eomans appear tohave been generally of an inferior description; it wasa remote and half-civilized province, and little attentionseems to have been paid to the ornamental character ofthe buildings. It may be useful to mention the usualcharacteristics of Roman walls in Britain: they maygenerally be distinguished by layers of large flat tileslaid horizontally at regular intervals, to strengthen andbind together the rubble walling. In some instances,however, Eoman walls are built of, or faced with,large stones, without any layers of tiles, and sometimeswithout mortar, as in the Eoman gateway at Lincoln,
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1. Roman Gate at Lincoln. THE ROMAN PERIOD.introductiontost00park_0

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