An history of the origin and establishment of Gothic architecture : comprehending also an account, from his own writings, of Caesar Caesarianus, the first professed commentator on Vitruvius, and of his translation of that author : an investigation of the principles and proportions of that style of architecture called the Gothic : and an inquiry into the mode of painting upon and staining glass, as practiced in the ecclesiastical structures of the Middle Ages
An 1813 antiquarian treatise by John Sidney Hawkins, printed in London for architects and scholars, tracing the origins of Gothic architecture, the Vitruvius commentator Cesare Cesariano, Gothic proportion, and medieval stained glass. The engraved plates are measured cathedral sections and ground plans with lettered geometric construction lines, ribbed vault grids, pier clusters, arcaded elevations and steep hatched roofs, offering designers clean line-work diagrams and repeatable arch and vault patterns.
