A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages (etc.) |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbey Church abbot ailes altar amongst ancient angles Antiqs applied apsis arcade Archæologia archi architect bishop Britton's Arch BRITTON'S ARCHITECTURAL DICTIONARY Britton's Cath building built buttresses called Cange Canterbury Cathedral capitals castle century Chapel chapter-house choir Christian cloister columns crypt decorated denote doorway Du Cange Durham Durham Cathedral edifices employed England English engraved erected Exeter Exeter Cathedral feet Gloucester Gothic Gothic Architecture Greek Hall Henry VIII Hist History Ital Keux King King's King's College Chapel London low Lat ment middle ages monastery monuments mouldings nave Norman ornamented pillars placed PLATE pointed arch porch portico Pugin's Specimens Roman Rome roof Salisbury Salisbury Cathedral sculptured semicircular shaft side signify spire stone style tecture temple term timber tion tomb tower Tower of London tracery transept vaulted Vitruvius wall Westminster Westminster Abbey whilst William of Worcester Winchester word writers
Popular passages
Page xii - MEYRICK'S PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR: A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II.
Page xii - Horda- Angel-Cynnan, or a Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c., of the Inhabitants of England from the arrival of the Saxons till the Reign of Henry VIII.
Page xii - Appendixes. 1810 — 20. 2 vols. fol. 1813 — 20. from the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, to execute the Measures recommended by a Select Committee of the House of Commons respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c.
Page xvi - Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other Adjacent Parts in the Counties of Oxford and Bucks.
Page xii - THE MONUMENTAL REMAINS OF NOBLE AND EMINENT PERSONS, Comprising the Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain, engraved from Drawings by EDWARD BLORE, Architect, FSA With Historical and Biographical Illustrations.
Page xvi - EXEMPLARS OF TUDOR ARCHITECTURE, adapted to Modern Habitations : with illustrative Details, selected from Ancient Edifices; and Observations on the Furniture of the Tudor Period. By TF HUNT, Architect.
Page xii - Dictionnaire d'Architecture, Civile, Militaire et Navale, Antique, Ancienne et Moderne, et de tous les Arts et Métiers qui en dépendent; dont tous les Termes sont exprimés, en...
Page xii - A Collection of all the Ecclesiastical Laws, Canons, Answers, or Rescripts, with other Memorials concerning the Government, Discipline, and Worship of the Church of England, from its first Foundation to the Conquest...
Page xiv - The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius. Comprising Those Books Of The Author Which Relate To The Public and Private Edifices of the Ancients. Translated by William Wilkins. Illustrated By Numerous Engravings. With An Introduction, Containing An Historical View Of The Rise And Progress Of Architecture Amongst The Greeks.
Page 110 - ... the high Dais. In royal halls there were more Dais than one, each of them probably raised above the other by one or more steps ; and that where the King sate was called the highest Dais.