An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . onne on the Mediterranean. This line of com-merce was used in the eleventh century and continued during thetwelfth, but fell into disuse in the thirteenth, partly from politicalcauses, and partly from the silting up of the harbourf. The ornaments so well known by the name ofCrockets were first introduced in this style. The nameis taken from the shepherds crook, adopted by thebishops as emblematical oftheir office, and called inFrench crochets. They oc-cur at Lincoln, in work, perhaps theearliest, the purest, andbest example of this
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . onne on the Mediterranean. This line of com-merce was used in the eleventh century and continued during thetwelfth, but fell into disuse in the thirteenth, partly from politicalcauses, and partly from the silting up of the harbourf. The ornaments so well known by the name ofCrockets were first introduced in this style. The nameis taken from the shepherds crook, adopted by thebishops as emblematical oftheir office, and called inFrench crochets. They oc-cur at Lincoln, in work, perhaps theearliest, the purest, andbest example of this style,and are there used in theunusual position of a ver-tical line between the de-tached shafts of Purbeckmarble (66). They are foundin the same position alsoin the rich and beautifulwork of the west front ofWells, which is the exam-ple following most closelyon Lincoln both in his-torical date and in style. f For further information on the subject, see the valuable work by de Verneilh, L Architecture Byzantine de France, 4to., Paris, York Cathedral, 1265. Crockets from the tomb of ArchbishopWalter Grey. EARLY ENGLISH FOLIAGE. 101 Afterwards they were used entirely on the outside ofpediments, or in similar situations, projecting from theface of the work or the outer surface of the moulding,as in the very beautiful tomb of Archbishop WalterGrey (76), in York Cathedral; and they continued inuse in the subsequent styles, although their form andcharacter gradually change with the style. In theEarly English they are formed of the conventionalfoliage, with the usual knobs or lobes on the surfaceof the leaf; in the Decorated they are copied fromnatural foliage; in the Perpendicular they are square,stiff, and fiat. Another peculiarityconsists of the Foliage,which differs consider-ably from the Norman:in the latter it has moreor less the appearance ofbeing imitated from thatof the Classic orders,while in this it is en-tirely original. Its essen-tial form seems to be
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