A Rudimentary Manual of Architecture: Being a History and Explanation of the Principal Styles of European Architecture, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Renaissance, with Their Chief Variations Described and Illustrated; to which is Appended a Glossary of Technical TermsLongmans, Green, 1870 - 304 páginas |
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... Spire , Warmington Church 102. Bell Gable 103-105 . Diagrams , showing further Development of Tra- ceried Windows . 106. Geometrical Window , Merton College , Oxford 107. Decorated Floriated Capital 108. Pillars and Arch , York Minster ...
... Spire , Warmington Church 102. Bell Gable 103-105 . Diagrams , showing further Development of Tra- ceried Windows . 106. Geometrical Window , Merton College , Oxford 107. Decorated Floriated Capital 108. Pillars and Arch , York Minster ...
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... spire to point out the heavenward path , for their very heaven was upon earth in the Islands of the Blest where the sun sets , beyond the Western waters . Thus no idea of aspiration entered into their ' minds , and consequently no ...
... spire to point out the heavenward path , for their very heaven was upon earth in the Islands of the Blest where the sun sets , beyond the Western waters . Thus no idea of aspiration entered into their ' minds , and consequently no ...
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... spire . ** The great change in the principle of construction of Gothic or Medieval architecture was shown in the abandonment of the round and the adoption of the pointed arch , i . e . an arch formed of two distinct segments of circles ...
... spire . ** The great change in the principle of construction of Gothic or Medieval architecture was shown in the abandonment of the round and the adoption of the pointed arch , i . e . an arch formed of two distinct segments of circles ...
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... spire , expanding into a hall or nave , shrinking into a turret , or coiling itself into a spiral staircase . The old cathedral fronts , covered with gro- tesque and fantastic carvings of the old mediaval builders , exhibit the freedom ...
... spire , expanding into a hall or nave , shrinking into a turret , or coiling itself into a spiral staircase . The old cathedral fronts , covered with gro- tesque and fantastic carvings of the old mediaval builders , exhibit the freedom ...
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... spires were usually what is termed Broach Spires , that is , the tapering part of the spire commenced immediately from the exterior of the tower walls without the intervention ' of any gutter or parapet . Perhaps the most beautiful ...
... spires were usually what is termed Broach Spires , that is , the tapering part of the spire commenced immediately from the exterior of the tower walls without the intervention ' of any gutter or parapet . Perhaps the most beautiful ...
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