A Series of Discourses Upon Architecture in England from the Norman Æra to the Close of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: With an Appendix of Notes and Illustrations, and an Historical Account of Master and Free MasonsJ. Williams, 1833 - 447 páginas This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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Abbey Abbot æra aisles ancient arcade archi architects beautiful Bishop Bristol building built canopies Canterbury carved castle cathedral century chapter-house choir church of St circular cloisters College columns completed construction conventual cross-springers curious decoration dimensions Durham Earl early ecclesiastical edifices Edward Edward III England erected Exeter façade feet finished Founders France frequently galleries gateway Gloucester Gothick Gothick architecture Gothick style hall height Henry VIII Inigo Jones instances John King King's College chapel Lady's Chapel likewise Lincoln Lincolnshire lofty magnificent Malmsbury masons master-masons ments mouldings nave Norman Norwich octangular original ornament Oxford palace peculiar perfect Peterborough pillars pinnacles placed pointed arch reign of Henry remarkable ribs Roman Roman architecture roof Rouen round Salisbury Saxon sculpture specimens spire square stone tecture tion tower transept Tudor Tudor architecture TUDOR style ture turrets vaulting walls western front Westminster whole Winchester Windsor Worcester York Yorkshire
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Página 325 - In the secunde area ther be a 5 or 6 toures, and the stately staire up to the haul is very magnificent, and so is the haul it self, and al the residew of the house: in so much that I saw no house in the north so like a princely logginges.
Página 418 - The honour due to the original founders of these edifices is almost invariably transferred to the ecclesiastics under whose patronage they rose, rather than to the skill and design of the master mason, or professional architect, because the only historians were monks. . . . They were probably not so well versed in geometrical science as the master masons, for mathematics formed a part of monastic learning in a very limited degree.
Página 133 - I lov'd to roam, A lingering votary, the vaulted dome, Where the tall shafts, that mount in massy pride, Their mingling branches shoot from side to side...
Página 388 - The metaphysical character of his theories, as well as the analogies * The title of Shute's book (probably the earliest work of the kind published in England) was, ' The first and chiefe Grounds of Architecture used in all the ancient and famous Monyments, with a farther and more ample Discourse uppon the same than has hitherto been set forthe by any other.
Página 393 - The scite of this manor-house being placed on the side slipp of a rising ground, renders it to stand of that height that betwixt the basis of the brick wall of the sayd lower court, and the hall door of the sayd manor-house there are five several assents, consisting of threescore and ten stepps, which are distinguished in a very graceful manner...
Página 418 - ... in secret crypts and caverns. The same custom was resorted to by the Freemasons in the middle ages, but with a different purpose. Their design was not to practise forbidden rites, but to guard the secrets of their art from the knowledge of the profane ; and it is well known that in the earliest era of the masonic establishment, a geometrical figure, or canon, was adopted in all sacred buildings, which had an import hidden from the vulgar. It was called the Vesica Piscis ; and had a decided reference...
Página 402 - Tu, domine, dispice an* instituendum putes collegium fabrorum dumtaxat hominum CL. Ego attendam ne quis nisi faber recipiatur, neve jure concesso in aliud utatur; nee erit difficile custodire tam paucos.
Página 330 - that suit of arras hangings in Warwick castle, ' which contained the story of the famous Guy earl of Warwick, together with the castle of Warwick, and other possessions, to Thomas Holland, earl of Kent2.
Página 183 - Tome years after ; but a defcription and plan of the intended fabric may be feen in the king's will. Stowe's Annals, by Howes, 1614, p. 479, feq.
Página 184 - ... masses of raw colours and gilding. The coincidence of the purity of the Protestant worship with the chasteness which pervades its temples (more especially in some which have been lately renovated), is a certain criterion of national good sense. " There are thirty-one stalls of rich tabernacle-work, carved in oak, on either side, little inferior in point of execution to the episcopal throne at Exeter, or to the stalls at Ely, erected in the reign of Edward III., and allowed to be some of the finest...