Stiff-leaf
A type of foliage ornament typical of the Early English style.
String course
A horizontal moulding projecting from the surface of the wall. Used to visually separate different parts of the elevation.
stiff-leaf: stylised foliage decoration, usually of long leaves with the tops curling outwards.
stoa: a covered colonnade.
Stiff-leaf ornament in high relief, and compound piers (i.e. with groups of shafts), often making use of Purbeck marble, are also characteristic of the period.
Early English - The first of three phases of the Gothic (q.v.) style in England, until the end of the Thirteenth Century. It is characterised by lancet (slender, pointed arch) windows and stiff-leaf (sculptured foliage) capitals.
 See also: Moulding, Vault, Gothic, Church, Lancet
  
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