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单词 dripstone
例句 dripstone
These objects gained, the architects did not, apparently, enquire what the lesser minds, who carved the boss or dripstone, considered appropriate ornament. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z
In architecture a “hood-mould” is a projecting moulding carried outside the arch of a door or window; it is weathered underneath, and when continued horizontally is better known as a dripstone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
Semicircular chapels in the aisles break the monotony of the lower portion of the exterior; while the upper is rendered less severe by the pointed clerestory windows, a dripstone and string-course, and a good cornice. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z
It will be seen that the dripstones of the arches and windows terminate in small sculptured heads: a usual arrangement at this period. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z
Look abroad into the landscape and see if you can discover any one so bent and fragmentary as that of this strange windlass-looking dripstone. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z
This dripstone, as the material of the formation is termed, began as soft carbonate of lime; it hardens into gypsum or, sometimes, alabaster, or calcite. Unexplored!
The arches, with their dripstones, preserved and used again on the taller pillars, and most of the capitals have had the 72foliage cut off. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
So far of the true cornice: we have still to determine the form of the dripstone. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
Very curious are the corbels of the dripstones and the grotesquely carved gargoyles. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch
In the above-mentioned wall is an Early English doorway, with a dripstone adorned with the nailhead moulding. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
It is of the Early English period and has a dripstone ending in a bishop’s and a female head. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
In the earlier part, too, the later windows have been clumsily inserted some distance below the Early English dripstone, as if only the internal effect had been considered. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
VI. to be especially characteristic of southern work, and that in northern and wet climates it took the form of a dripstone. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
On three sides of the tower the dripstone is almost perfect. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire
The terminations of the dripstones are foliated and stand out detached. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
The dripstone of the window terminates in two carved heads. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
At the east end is a three-light window without any transom, with an obtuse arch under a dripstone. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
Accordingly, in the northern climates, the dripstone gathered together forms a peculiar northern capital, commonly called the Early English,47 owing to its especial use in that style. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
Reynard's Cave is four miles west of Galena on the farm of Dr. Fox, but is so nearly filled up with dripstone that only crawling room remains. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
The four towards the south are of three lights, but the east window has five lights and is set higher in the wall, while its dripstone terminates at one end in a grotesque sitting figure. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
The church here has the Pelham buckle as a dripstone. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
The first idea of window-tracery was the introduction of a plain lozenge-shaped opening over a double lancet window, the whole being covered by a single dripstone. English Villages
The dripstone sections of their capitals are therefore unnecessary and ridiculous. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
The top is connected with the roof above by a group of short, and for this region, heavy columns of dripstone, the oldest formation of that character in the cave. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
Each window has two lights, wide and low, with much tracery above them, in which the mullion branches into two sub-arches; and there are dripstones ending in heads. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
There were neither idols nor signs of paganism, except that the floor, which resembled the dripstone of Tenerife, was smoothed by the feet of the old worshippers. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I
At the east end of the chancel there are often three lancet windows, the centre one higher than the rest, with one dripstone over them. English Villages
This protection, in its most usual form, is a mere dripstone moulding carried over or round the head of the aperture. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
To one side of this room is a most daintily beautiful alcove so profusely decorated with fragile forms of dripstone that a passage through it without causing damage is extremely difficult. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
The east window is broad, finely arched, and surmounted by a bold dripstone terminating in heads. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
But you will be as doleful as a dripstone if you marry for money. Father Goriot
But take the inner line; it is a dripstone at Salisbury. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
Before passing to the dripstone, however, let us examine a little farther into the nature of the true cornice. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)
The fall is, of course, dripstone, and I knew we had found Niagara, although we had gone beyond the reach of the guide's voice almost at the start. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
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