A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture [by J.H. Parker].John Henry Parker, Charles Tilt ... London, 1840 - Architecture |
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abacus Abbey aisles altar ancient angles Antient Rites appears Archæologia architrave brass bricks building buttresses called canopy capital carved Castle cathedral chancel chapel Christ Church College columns commonly Contract for Fotheringhay corbels cornice Decorated style door doorways Doric Doric order Early English style England engraved entablature Exeter Exeter College fillet foliage Fotheringhay fourteenth century frequently gables Gothic architecture Grecian groined Hall hollow Ital Kent Lincolnshire masonry Merton college monuments mouldings mullions nave niches Norman architecture Northamptonshire ogee Oriel Oriel College orna ornament ovolo Oxford Oxfordshire palæstra panels parapet period piers pillar placed plain plaister Plate pointed arch porch portico projecting quently remains ribs richly Rites of Durham Roman roof round Saxon sculptured shafts side sometimes specimens spire square stone temple term tiles timber tomb tower tracery transept triglyph twelfth century upper usually vault wall Warwickshire west end William of Worcester
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Page 22 - Battinm], a name given to the courts or wards of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surrounded the keep...
Page 263 - Society, they shall request the author to furnish a copy, and shall decide upon the number of copies to be printed, provided always that the number bo sufficient to supply each Member with one copy, and the author and Secretaries with twentyfive copies each.
Page 131 - He 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, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block.
Page 94 - ACCORDING to a former Constitution, too much neglected in many places, we appoint, that there shall be a font of stone in every church and chapel where baptism is to be ministered ; the same to be set in the ancient usual places : in which only font the minister shall baptize publicly.
Page 176 - The arches are round : are supported on pillars retaining traces of the classical proportions, but generally much more massive ; the pilasters, cornices, and entablatures, have a correspondence and similarity with those of classical architecture ; there is a prevalence of rectangular faces and square-edged projections ; the openings in...
Page 266 - A Series of Ornamental Timber Gables. From Existing Examples in England and France, Of the Sixteenth Century.
Page 115 - Apostles were carved in Wood, on the top of the Roof, which we gave order to take down ; and 20 Cherubims to be taken down ; and the Sun and Moon in the East Window, by the King's arms, to be taken down.
Page 23 - BALL-FLOWER*, an ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the three petals of which form a cup round it : this ornament is usually found inserted in a hollow moulding, and is generally characteristic of the Decorated style of the fourteenth century...
Page 94 - Agreed that the font of stone formerly belonging to the church shall be set up in the antient place, and that the other now standing near the desk be taken down.
Page 54 - The cornice is very regular, and though in some large buildings it has several mouldings, it principally consists of a slope above, and a deep sunk hollow, with an astragal under it; in these hollows, flowers at regular distances are often placed, and in some large buildings, and in towers, &c. there are frequently heads, and the cornice almost filled with them.