Transitional architecture
Transitional architecture. Term used to denote the merging of one style with another, especially the C12 transition from Romanesque to Gothic, but sometimes applied to other styles.
Bibliography
Boisserée (1833);
Gall (1915);
Sauerländer (1987)
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