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Early English Gothic (late 12th to late 13th centuries) sometimes has capitals shaped as bells. The drawings [55]-[57] seem to have bell-like forms - mostly inverted.
M.McCarthy, 'Soane's ''Saxon'' Room at Stowe', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, LXIV, fig.13, a drawing with details of columns dated 30 July 1805 that has not been found for this current catalogue. (JL December 2016).
M.McCarthy, 'Soane's ''Saxon'' Room at Stowe', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, LXIV, fig.13, a drawing with details of columns dated 30 July 1805 that has not been found for this current catalogue. (JL December 2016).
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Contents of Columns
- [55] Full size details of capital
- [56] Columns full size
- [57] Alternative design for base of column (cancelled)