A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages:: Including Words Used by Ancient and Modern Authors in Treating of Architectural and Other Antiquities: with Etymology, Definition, Description, and Historical Elucidation: Also, Biographical Notices of Ancient ArchitectsLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster Row; and the author, Burton Street., 1838 - 498 páginas |
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Página xi - 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.
Página xiii - 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.
Página 161 - ... the varying phases of the luminary which it represents. Between the two circles is a third ball, representing the sun, with a fleur-de-lis, which points to the hours as it daily revolves round the earth.
Página 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.
Página xviii - Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other Adjacent Parts in the Counties of Oxford and Bucks.
Página vi - 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.
Página xvii - 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.
Página 57 - Strength arises from carrying down the foundations to a good solid bottom, and from making a proper choice of materials without' parsimony. Utility arises from a judicious distribution of the parts, so that their purposes be duly answered, and that each have its proper situation. Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.
Página x - 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...
Página xv - 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.