A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 545
ings of the military orders havepeculiar value to students of early fortitiration.The castles of the Templars an<l of the Knightsof S. John in Syria have only within a fewyears receivwl some jmrt of the attention which MONASTIC ARCHITECTUREthey diaerve; but in Europe these orders canhardly be… … MONOCHROMYup establisliments so large that they resemblerather small cities than single monasteries;and this appearance is increased by their pre-cautions against attack. These, however, arenot of the nature of fortificaticm considered asan elaborate science or a highly develojud artof militarj-…
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