An Introduction to the Study of Gothic ArchitectureJ. Parker, 1891 - 331 sider The history of Gothic architecture from the Roman period to the Renaissance. Most of the text focuses on English architecture but the final section covers the Gothic style in some other European countries. Includes nearly 190 illustrations, as well as a glossary of terms. |
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Side xi
... nave is twice its original length , and the walls raised to double the original height . The clerestory and the vaults have been added or re- built . The present west front is at least a century later than the original foundation , old ...
... nave is twice its original length , and the walls raised to double the original height . The clerestory and the vaults have been added or re- built . The present west front is at least a century later than the original foundation , old ...
Side xvi
... Nave . - Stoke Golding . - Selby Abbey . - St.Mary's , Beverley . Leominster . Gloucester . Dorchester , Oxon . - Details characteristic of the Style . Tho gradual change from the Decorated to the Perpon- dicular Style , from c . 1860 ...
... Nave . - Stoke Golding . - Selby Abbey . - St.Mary's , Beverley . Leominster . Gloucester . Dorchester , Oxon . - Details characteristic of the Style . Tho gradual change from the Decorated to the Perpon- dicular Style , from c . 1860 ...
Side 2
... nave and aisles of the church ; the aisles usually had galleries over them : at one end was the tribune for the judges , arranged in a semicircle ; this became the apse of the church , and the place for the priests behind the altar ...
... nave and aisles of the church ; the aisles usually had galleries over them : at one end was the tribune for the judges , arranged in a semicircle ; this became the apse of the church , and the place for the priests behind the altar ...
Side 8
... NAVE . K WEST . 4. Plan of Roman and Saxon Cathedral of Canterbury , according to Prof. Willis . A. The first altar , enclosing the relics of St. Wilfrid : this was the original high altar , and was built of rough stones and cement ...
... NAVE . K WEST . 4. Plan of Roman and Saxon Cathedral of Canterbury , according to Prof. Willis . A. The first altar , enclosing the relics of St. Wilfrid : this was the original high altar , and was built of rough stones and cement ...
Side 25
... nave is early Norman , the chancel late Norman , and a Nor- man clerestory has been added upon the Anglo - Saxon walls of the transepts ; later arches have also been introduced within the old ones , either to reduce the size of the ...
... nave is early Norman , the chancel late Norman , and a Nor- man clerestory has been added upon the Anglo - Saxon walls of the transepts ; later arches have also been introduced within the old ones , either to reduce the size of the ...
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abacus afterwards aisles altar angles appears apse arcade architect architecture Basilica belong Berkshire Beverley Minster Bishop brick buildings built buttresses Byzantine called Canterbury capitals Castle Cathedral chapel chapter-house character chiefly choir clerestory cloister construction crockets crypt cusps Decorated style doorways earlier Early English style Early French early Norman eleventh century England examples feature Flamboyant foliage foliated foliated circles France frequently Gloucester Cathedral Gothic architecture Gothic style hall Hugh inscription Italy lancet lancet windows later Lincoln Lincoln Cathedral masonry Minster mouldings nave Normandy Northamptonshire original ornament Oxford Oxfordshire Palace panelling period Perpendicular style pillars plain pointed arches porch probably provinces quatrefoil racter Raunds rebuilt remains remarkable rich Roman Rome roof round sculpture shafts Shewing sometimes square stone thirteenth century tooth-ornament tower tracery transept transitional trefoil triforium twelfth century usually vault walls west end west front Westminster Abbey Winchester Winchester Cathedral wooden
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Side 7 - ... altars be erected, and relics placed. For if those temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted from the worship of devils to the service of the true God...
Side 50 - Salisbury] was a prelate of great mind, and spared no expense towards completing his designs, especially in buildings; which may be seen in other places, but more particularly at Salisbury and at Malmesbury, for there he erected extensive edifices at vast cost, and with surpassing beauty, the courses of stone being so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, THE EAELY NORMAN PERIOD.
Side 50 - Malmesbury. For there he erected extensive edifices, at vast cost, and with surpassing beauty; the courses of stone being so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block.
Side 188 - ... opening than a distinct member of the division. The roofing, from the increased richness of the groining, becomes an object of more attention. On the whole, the nave of York, from the uncommon grandeur and simplicity of the design, is certainly the finest example ; ornament is nowhere spared, yet there is a simplicity which is peculiarly pleasing.
Side 109 - Owky d, as also many other edifices in the same houses : and lastly, the church of Welles itselfe being now ready to fall to the ground, notwithstanding the great cost bestowed upon it by Bishop Robert, he pulled down the...