ones since ascertained and given in the Chronological table; this was unavoidable from the want of time and opportunity to examine the history of each particular building with sufficient minuteness, in the first instance, and in all such cases the dates should be corrected by the table; they are not numerous enough to be of much importance. A general Index to the three volumes has been added, which will enable the reader easily to detect any discrepancies of this kind, and will it is hoped make the work more useful by the facility of referring to any particular example or remarks upon it. In this Index the specimens of which there are engravings are distinguished by an asterisk, which was thought more convenient than separating the Index into two parts, one of engravings, the other of places mentioned, as was done in the former edition. TURL, OXFORD, JANUARY, 1846. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION. In the spring of the year 1840 the copper-plates and copy-right of Mr. Britton's "Dictionary of the Architecture and Archæology of the Middle Ages" were sold by public auction to Mr. Henry G. Bohn, by whom the purchase was shortly afterwards transferred to the present publisher. After some consideration he decided upon publishing it as a Companion to the Glossary of Architecture, and extracting so much of Mr. Britton's Dictionary as suited that object, in preference to reprinting the whole as a separate work. It Several different reasons combined to recommend this plan in preference to the other. The two works had so many points of resemblance that they must necessarily take the same ground in some instances. appeared also that Mr. Britton's series of plates taken by themselves were far from complete, his plan had evidently been cut short and brought to a hasty conclusion: to have taken it up and completed it would have made a large and expensive work; but by taking these plates as additional illustrations to the Glossary, they afford a large number of valuable examples, very few of which had previously been given in that work. As soon as this was decided on, it became necessary to affix dates to these new examples in the same manner as had been done in the former volume. The researches necessary to ascertain these dates as far as possible, naturally recalled the idea which had previously been entertained, of adding a short Chronological Table and Index, which it is hoped will be found useful and interesting. In order to make this more complete, the heads of the different Kings and Queens have been inserted from the best authorities that were accessible, together with their respective shields and badges; these latter are borrowed principally from Mr. Willement's Regal Heraldry, with his kind permission. For the beautiful woodcut of Thornbury Castle, (see Frontispiece) which is given as an example of the style in use for domestic edifices in the reign of Henry VIII., the work is indebted to the liberality of the Rev. William Digby, M.A., canon of Worcester. ILLUSTRATIONS. Monks Wearmouth, Inscription, A.D. 684 Lorsch, Details of the Portico or Gatehouse, A.D. 774 Aldborough Church, Yorkshire, Inscription, A.D. 1050 Tower and Doorway Kirkdale in Rydale, Yorkshire, Inscription over south Door, A.D. 1060 Page 8 13 14 24 25 26 27 28 31 William the Conqueror, Head and Armorial Bearings of 32 34 Winchester Cathedral, Capital and Base in north Transept, A.D. 1079 37 Rochester Cathedral, Heads of Henry I. and his Queen. ib. Castor Church, Northamptonshire, Inscription over the Door, A.D. 1124 Schwartz Rheindorf on the Rhine, Capital in the Arcade and String in the upper Church, A.D. 1148. Henry II. and Eleanor of Guienne, Head of, from their Monuments at Richard I. and Berengaria, Heads of, from their Monuments, and Armorial Bearings ILLUSTRATIONS. King John and his Queen Isabella, Heads of, from their Monuments at Henry III., Head of, from his Monument in Westminster Abbey Wells Cathedral, Corbel-heads in Nave, A.D. 1390 London, Temple Church, Mouldings from the Choir, A.D. 1240 St. Aldate's, Corbel in south Aisle Oxford, Merton College, Window of Vestry, A.D. 1310 Westminster, St. Stephen's Chapel, Mouldings, A.D. 1320 Page 72 75 77 80 81 85 87 91 93 95 97 99 105 Edward III. and Queen Phillippa, and Edward the Black Prince, Heads of, and Armorial Bearings Bookham Great, Surrey, Inscription, A.D. 1341 Oxford Cathedral, Panel from the Tomb of Lady Montacute, A.D. 1355 117 Henry IV. and Queen Joan, Heads of, Armorial Bearings, and Badges Henry V., Head and Badge of, . Henry VI. and Queen Margaret, Heads of, and Armorial Bearings 125 126 128 ib. 130 133 Edward IV., Head of, and Armorial Bearings and Badges of the House of York 137 Edward V., Armorial Bearings of 140 Richard III., Head of, and Armorial Bearings and Badge ib. Tudor family, Badges of Henry VII. and his Queen, Heads of, and Armorial Bearings View of, see the Frontispiece to this volume |