A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture, Volume 1J.H. Parker, 1840 - Architecture |
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abacus Abbey aisles altar ancient angles Antient Rites appears Archæologia BEVERLEY MINSTER Bishop brass bricks building buttresses called canopy capital carved Castle chancel character Christ Church circa columns Contract for Fotheringhay corbels cornice crypt Decorated style door doorways Doric Early English style England Exeter Exeter College fillet foliage Fotheringhay frequently gables GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL Gothic architecture Grecian groined Hall Hants hollow Ital Kent Lincoln Lincoln Cathedral Lincolnshire Magdalen Mary's masonry Merton College Merton College Chapel Minster monument mouldings mullions niches Norman architecture Northamptonshire ogee orna ornamented ovolo Oxford OXFORD CATHEDRAL Oxfordshire Oxon panels parapet period pillar placed plain plaister Plate pointed arch porch projecting ribs richly Rites of Durham Roman roof round SALISBURY CATHEDRAL Saxon shafts side sometimes specimens spire square stone temple term tiles timber tomb tower tracery triglyph usually vault wall Warwickshire west end William of Worcester