A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Volume 1 |
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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 corbel cornice Decorated style door doorways Doric Doric order Early English style England entablature Exeter Exeter College fillet foliage Font Fotheringhay frequently gables Gothic architecture Grecian groined Hall hollow Ital Kent later Lincolnshire masonry Merton college monuments mouldings mullions nave niches Norman architecture Northamptonshire ogee 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