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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · 1877 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · 188 pictures

An 1877 Oxford handbook by John Henry Parker explaining English Gothic architecture to students and amateur antiquaries. Wood engravings by Orlando Jewitt render windows, arches, capitals and mouldings in fine line, with hatched stonework and cast shadow showing exterior and interior views side by side; useful for tracery outlines, masonry textures and architectural detail vocabulary.

Architecture, Gothic

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