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Castles, principal, in the time of the Nor-

mans, 394.

Castletown (Derbyshire) Castle, 391.
Castor Castle, in Norfolk, 391.

Cathedrals, English, synoptical view of
their leading dimensions, 435.
Cathedrals having parts of Norman erec-
tion, 396.

Cathedrals, principal, of France, and their
dates, 317. Of Italy, 318. Of Spain,
320. Of Portugal, 321.

Catledge House, date and founder, 446.
Cavædium of a Roman house, 246.
Caves of Ellora, description of apartments
Indra Subba, apartments of, ib.
Cavetto, mouth, or hollow, 2532.

at, 56.

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Chapel of St. Pietro in Montorio, 335.
Character of Elizabethan architecture, 449.
Characteristics of early English architec-
ture, 405. Arches, ib. Trefoil and
cinquefoil heads, ib. Columns, ib. Win-
dows, ib. Roofs, ib. Walls, ib. Orna-
ments, ib. Plans, ib.
Characteristics of ornamented English style
in arches, columns, windows, roof, or
ceiling ornaments, 420.

Characteristics of the Tudor style in win-

dows, ceilings, flying buttresses, orna-
ments, canopies, pedestals, &c., 430.
Characters of the different orders, 2538, et seq.
Charité, la, sur Loire, church at, 289.
Charlemagne, architectural era of, 283. 289.
Charles V., of France, architecture under,
311.

Charles V., of Spain, a great patron of ar-
chitecture, 368.

Charles VI., of France, architecture under,
311.

Charles VIII., of France, acquainted with
the arts of Italy, 358.

Charlton House, Kent, 452.

Charlton House, Wilts, 445, 451, 452.
Chartres, cathedral of, 289.

Chased mortises, 2019.

Chateau d'Ecouen, by Bullant, 357.
Chel-Minar, or Persepolis, ruins of, 46-49.
Chelsea Hospital, 2796.
Chepstow Castle, 402.
Cherson, church at, 375.
Chester Cathedral, 398.
mensions of, 454.

Founders and di-

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Chimney Sweepers' Act, Appendix p.852.
China, architecture of, 9.

Chinese architecture:-Tent, the type of, 95.
Does not seem to have improved, 94.
Principles of, as connected with its type,
95. Quality of, is gaiety of effect, 96.
Its ornaments, 97. Timber, chief mate-
rial used in, 98. Brick also employed,
Police of, and regulations in build-

ib.

ing, ib.
Chinese houses described generally, 101.
Chinese palaces, 103. That at Pekin de-
scribed, 103.

Chinese wall, description of, 108.
Chisel, a carpenter's tool, 2003.
Chisels, mason's, 1909.

Chisels, the firmer, paring, 2111. Mortise,
2112.

Chiswick, villa at, by Lord Burlington, 509.
Cholula, great pyramid of, 112.
Chopping block, bricklayer's, 1890.
Chrismas, Gerard, an architect, temp.
Elizabeth, 442.

Christ Church College, Oxford, 426. 2904.
Christ Church, Hampshire, church at, 398.
Christ Church, Oxford, 391. Chapter
house, 406. Founders and dimensions
of, 434.
Christ Church, Spitalfields, by Hawksmoor,

499.

Church of our Lady of Kevan at St. Pe-
tersburg, founded, 378.

Churches, 2870, et seq. Best forms of,

2871. Portico essential, 2872. Use of
the modern church, 2873. Form of ba-

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Circles of stone common in Wales and the
Western Isles, in Iceland, Norway, Swe-
den, and various parts of Germany,
Circles of stones used by the Israelites, 15.
One set up by Joshua, ib. Remains of,
in counties of Derby, Devon, Dorset,
Somerset, and Westmoreland, 16.

Circus Maximus at Rome, dimensions of,
240.

Circus of the Greeks and Romans, 240.
Clamps of bricks, 1816.

Clare Hall Chapel, Cambridge, designed
by Sir James Burrough, 490.

Clarke, Dr., an able amateur architect,
490.

Claudius, architecture under, in Britain,
381.

Claudius, temple of, at Camalodunum,
381.

Clear coaling, what, 2273.

Cliefden House, Bucks, 465.

Climates of Europe, 1030.

Clinkers, 1824.

Clinkers, Dutch, 1830.

Clips, glazier's, 2229.

Closet knobs, 2263.

Clugny, abbey of, 289.

Coarse stuff, plasterer's, 2235.

Cobarrubias, an architect of Spain, 367,
368.

Cockermouth Castle, 398.

Colchester Castle, 394.

Colchester, monastery of, 389.

Coleshill House, in Berkshire, by Jones,
462.

Colin Campbell, window by, 2771.
Coliseum, 2547.

Coliseum, or Flavian amphitheatre, at Rome,
192. 228, 229. Drainage of, 231.
Collar beam, 2031. 2034.
Colleges, 2899, et seq. Parts of, 2899.
Ours different from Continental, 2900.
At Rome described, 2901. One at

At

Genoa, 2902. At Paris, 2903.
Oxford and Cambridge, 2904. Queen's
College, Oxford, good example as to dis-
position, ib. Christchurch, Oxford,
2906. Trinity College, Cambridge,
2907. King's College, Cambridge, ib.
Corpus Christi, Cambridge, a bad modern
example, ib.

Cologne, cathedral of, described, and plan
and elevation thereof, 306. Contributions
of late years to the fabric, 307. Average
yearly expenditure on, 308.

Cologne, John and Simon of, early German
architects, 365.

Colonna, author of the Poliphili Hypnero-
tomachia, 326.

Column in Place Vendome at Paris, 363.
Columns, Chinese, mode of forming, 10.
Columns, grouping of, 2614.
Columns, heights and diameters of ancient
Roman, 2547. Diminution of, according
to heights, 2548. Height and diminution
of, 2543, et seq. Vignola's method of
diminishing, 2545. Blondel's method,
Diminution in ancient examples,

2546.
2547.

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Common rafters, 2035.

Complement of an arc, 1037.

Compasses, bricklayer's 1890.

Compluvium of a Roman house, 247. 253.
Composite order, table of examples, 264.
General proportions of, 265.

Composite order, 2591, et seq. Vignola's
profile of, 2592. Table of parts of, ib.
Parts to a larger scale, 2593. Mode of
profiling capital of, 2594. Profile of, by
Vitruvius, 2595. By Palladio, 2596.
By Serlio, 2597. By Scamozzi, 2598.
Arrangements of modilions, 2614.
Composition enrichments, 2252.
Composition, general principles of, 2825,
et seq.
Ornament a non-essential, 2826.
Façades should depend on internal dis-
tribution, 2827. What compositions
please, 2828. Method of the Gothic
architects as to windows, 2829. Talent
of an architect how to be judged of,
2829, 2830. Drawings necessary in,
2831, et seq.

Composition, method of abbreviation in,
2857.

Compound interest and annuities, and tables
relating to, Appendix, p. 850, et seq.
Compound quantities, subtraction of, 655-
658. Multiplication of, 659-661. Di-
vision of, 652-666. Squares of, 680—
687. Extraction of roots of, 688-692.
Higher powers of, 702-706.
Compound relations, 763-773.
Concamerata sudatio of the Roman baths,
236.

Concave bricks, 1829.

Concave surfaces, to form, in joinery,
2199.

Concord, Ionic temple of, at Rome, 213.
Concrete, how composed, 1862.
Conditions annexed to specifications, 2294.
Cone, sections of, 1056-1109.
Confraternité des Ponts founded by St.
Benezet, 310.

Conic sections, 1056-1109.

Definitions,

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Cornice crowning buildings, 2724, et seq.
Proportion it should bear to the total
height of building, 2725. That of Far-
nese palace, ib. Of the Spanocchi palace,
at Siena, ib. Of the Picolomini palace
at Siena, ib. Of the Pojana palace, by
Palladio, ib. Of the Strozzi palace at
Florence, ib. Of the Pandolfini palace
at Florence, ib. Of the Villa Monteccio,
by Palladio, ib. Of the Villa Caldogno,
by Palladio, ib. Of another villa for
same family, ib. Of the Farnese palace.
Of the Gondi family at Florence,
ib. Entablature by Vignola, 2726.
Block cornices, 2727, 2728.

ib.

Cornices, in plastering, 2250.

Cornices of the Florentine palaces, 327.

329.

Cornices of rooms, proportions of, 2819.
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 2904.
Cortona, walls of, 179.

Co-secant of an arc, 1044.
Co-sine of an arc, 1042.
Co-tangent of an arc, 1043.
Cottage orné, 3001.

Cottages, 3005, et seq. Loudon's observ-
ations on, 3007.
Counterforts, 1592.
Countersinks, 2108.
Countess slates, 1806.
Coupled columns, 267.

Course of brickwork, what, 1894.

Court of the Lions in the Alhambra de-
scribed, 127.

Courts of law, 2888, et seq. Very ill con-
trived in this country, ib. Requisites
for, 2891. Entrances and exits, 2892.
Provinces, 2893.

Coved vaulting, 1464-1477.

Covent Garden, square of, by Jones, 462.
Covent Garden Theatre, 2958-2967.
Covering boards of domes, groins, &c.,

2068-2078.

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Dado, value of labour of, 2368.

Dais in a castle, what, 394.
Damascus houses, how built, 131.
Dance, George, architect, temp. George
III., 521.

Darby, Mr., a London house for, designed
by Thorpe, 440.

David I. of Scotland, his zeal in erecting
religious buildings, 392.

Day, length of, longest in different coun-
tries of Europe, 1030.

Day work, materials and labour, how
charged in, 2322-2329.

Deal, three-quarter or slit, value of, 2368.
Deal, inch and quarter, value of labour on,
2368.

Deal, inch and half, value of labour on,
2368.

Deal, two inch, value of labour on, 2368.
Deal, two and half inch, value of labour on,
2368.

Deal, three-inch, value of labour on, 2368.
Deals and battens, memoranda relating to,

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sire of variety, 2515. Analogy in, 2517,
2518. Allegory in, 2520. Examples
of, 2521, 2522.

De Cotte, Robert, employed in Germany,

366.

D'Emere, Garcia, celebrated architect of
Spain, 370.

D'Escobado, Giovanni, Alonso, and Fra.
Giovanni, early Spanish architects, 367.
De Foix, Luigi, a Spanish architect, 371.
De Gumiel, Pietro, an early Spanish archi-
tect, 367.

D'Herrera, Giovanni, a Spanish architect of
great fame, 371.

De Uria, Pietro, a Portuguese architect,

367.

Delorme, one of the early French archi-
tects, 357, 358.

Delorme, Philibert, translated into English,

438.

Delorme's mode of framing domes, 2052.

Delphi, temple of, mentioned by Homer,

136.

Denbigh Castle, 398.

Denmark, buildings in, erected by Inigo
Jones, 456.

Dennybole slates, 1808.

Dentels, centres of, 2612.

Derby plasterer's described, 2242.
Descriptive geometry, explanation of,
1110-1115. Division of, 1115. First
class of objects or solids with plane sur-
faces, 1116-1121. Second class or
solids, terminated by plane or curved
surfaces, 1122-1124. Third class or
solids, whose surfaces have a double cur-
vature, 1125-1129. Projection of right
lines, 1130-1133. Projection of sur-
faces, 1134-1136. Projection of curved
lines, 1137-1141. Projection of solids,
1142-1148. Developement of solids
whose surfaces are plane, 1149, 1150.
Developement of regular polyhedrons,
1151–1155. Developement of pyra-
mids and prisms, 1156-1158. Deve-
lopement of an oblique pyramid, 1159—
1164. Developement of right and oblique
prisms, 1165-1169. Developement of.
right and oblique cylinders, 1170—1174.
Developement of right and oblique cones,
1175-1183. Developement of bodies or
solids, whose surfaces have a double cur-
vature, 1184-1190. Angles of planes or
surfaces by which solids are bounded,
1191-1211.

Design, architectural. See "Architectural
Design."

Design, method in proceeding to make one,

2833.

Diagannatha, temple of, at Ellora, 56.
Diamond, glazier's, 2226.

Diastyle intercolumniation, 2605. 2609.
2611.

Die of a pedestal, 2603.

Dilapidations, mode of determining, &c.,
Appendix, p. 855, 856.

Diminution of columns, 2543, et seq. Vig-

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Division of simple quantities, 534-539.
Divisor, greatest common, 752, 753.
Djenonasla, temple of, at Ellora, 56.
Dog-legged staircase described, and mode
of forming, 2182.

Domes, circular and polygonal, to deter-
mine ribs of, 2064. To cover with
boards, 2070--2073.

Domes, construction of, in timber, 2089.
Domes, how to regulate caissons in, 2837.
Domes, timber, mode of framing, by De-
lorme, 2052.

Dome vaulting, in masonry, 1956, et seq.
1995-2002. Pendentives formed in,
1999.

Domestic architecture of the Romans, 242
-255.

Domestic architecture of the Tudor period,
423, et seq. Division into three periods,
425.

Domma, temple of, at Ellora, 56.
Doncaster, parochial church of, 421.
Door chains and barrels, 2263.
Doors, profiles of, 2729, et seq. Considered
in respect of masses and voids, 2730.
Their proper dimensions, 2731. Their
proper places and numbers, 2732. Their
decorations, 2733. Gates and piers, 2734.
Of St. Peter's, Baptistery at Florence,
and San Giovanni Laterano, 2735. Ma-
nufacture of, 2736. Examples of door-
ways, 2737, 2738, 2739. At the Can-
cellaria, 2739. By Michel Angelo, 2740.
By Vignola, at the Farnese, 2741. By
Cigoli, 2742. By Inigo Jones, 2743.
By Serlio, 2744.

Doors, square and flat panel on both sides,

2133.

Doors, quirked ovolo fillet and flat with
square back, 2134.

Doors, quirked ovolo bead, and flat panel
with square back, 2135.

Doors, quirked ovolo bead, fillet, and flat
panel with square back, 2136.
Doors, quirked ogee, quirked bead, and flat
panel with square back, 2137.
Doors, quirked ogee, cocked bead, and flat
panel with square back, 2138.
Doors, cove, cocked bead, flat panel, and
square back, 2139.

Doors, quirked ovolo, bead, fillet, and raised
panel on front and square back, 2140.
Doors, quirked ovolo, bead, and raised
panel with ovolo on the raised panel and
square back, 2141.

Doors, quirked ogee, raised panel with

ovolo, and fillet on the raising, and as-
tragal on the flat of panel in front, and
square back, 2142.

Doors, quirked ovolo, bead, fillet, and flat
panel on both sides, 2143.

Doors, bead and flush front and quirked

ogee, raised panel with ovolo on the
rising, grooved on flat panel on back,

2144.

Doors, value of labour of, 2365-2367.
Dorbay, a French architect engaged on
Tuileries, 357.

Doric arcade, 2623. With pedestal, 2629.
Doric, Grecian, first used in Paris by An-
toine, 360.

Doric, Grecian, relative antiquity of exam-
ples determined from intervals between
the columns, &c., 140. Dorus, imagined
inventor of, 140-142. Table of exam-
ples of, 142.

Doric, Greek, used in Germany by Lang-
hans, 366.

Doric order, among the Romans, 258. Of
the theatre of Marcellus, ib. In the baths
of Dioclesian, ib. Of the Italian archi-
tects, ib.

Doric order, intercolumniations of, 2605.
Doric order, table of members composing
it, 2565. Vitruvius's profile of, 2566.
Palladio's profile of, 2567. Serlio's pro-
file of, 2568. Scammozzi's profile of,
2569. Grecian in the Parthenon, 2570.
Table of its parts, ib. Principal build-
ings of Grecian Doric, 2572.
Doric order, 2560. Vignola's commended
by Daviler, 2561. Parts of the mutular
Doric on larger scale, 2562. Table of
heights and projections, ib. Difficulties
in arranging entablature, 2563. How
employed by the ancients, 2564. Den-
ticular Doric, 2565. Parts of, on larger
scale, ib. Table of heights and projec-
tions, ib.
Doric temple at Corinth, early specimens,

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