Purbeck Marblesearch for term
Ranging in colour from russet red, to greenish brown or blue grey, this hard limestone containing many small shells, is called 'marble' due to its ability to take a very high polish.
Purbeck
A dark-coloured, shelly limestone from the Isle of Purbeck (Dorset) that can be polished to a high sheen.
Purbeck marble
- a limestone quarried in Dorset, can be polished, hence referred to as marble.
(lit. cushioned): Of a frieze: of bold convex profile.PurbeckA dark limestone from Purbeck in Dorset, which can be polished; used especially in the first two centuries of English Gothic architecture.Purlin ...
that the obligation is almost wholly to the English and not to the French part of that design" (op. cit., VII, 111-12), for not all of Canterbury choir is French, even in the case of the work of William of Sens himself; the slender shafts of Purbeck ...
In France, limestone was readily available in several grades, the very fine white limestone of Caen being favoured for sculptural decoration. England had coarse limestone, red sandstone as well as dark green Purbeck marble which was often used for ...
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