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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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66. Iffley, Oxfordshire. 67. Glastonbury Abbey, c 1180. Flat Norman Buttress. are sometimes continued in late work; but in general,in late work there is a recess at the angle, in which NORMAN BUTTRESSES. 85 a small shaft is inserted; the strings are sometimes con-tinued round the buttresses and sometimes stop short atthem, but in the latter case the buttresses have gene-
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68. St. Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, c. 1130.A Shallow Porch with pediment. rally been added to strengthen the wall after it waserected, and are not part of the original worky. In y In France the buttresses of this period are sometimes formed into half-rounds, or pilasters, on the outside of the wall, with capitals, as at St.Remiat Rheims. At St. Peters, Northampton, an example occurs m late Nor-man work of a round buttress, like half of a clustered pillar attached to thewall, but such examples are very rare in England. 86 NO 1131 AN PORCUES. late Norman buildings the buttresses are sometimessquare, and consequently have a much greater pro-jection than the early flat buttresses. NoKMAN PoECHEs havo in general very little projec-tion, sometimes only a few inches, but the thickness ofthe wall allows the doorways to be deeply recessed;they are sometimes terminated by a gable, or pediment,as at St. Margaret-at-Clifle, Kent (68), where the pro-jection is so slight that it may be called either

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