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Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical & descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan & Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1901)

Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 331

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. ORNAMENT ON CEILINGS. 173 carved in low relief, as also are the mantel-shelf and the friezesbelow it. On the lower of the friezes the family arms arerepeated, and in the centre is the crest. The openin^^ of thefireplace is flanked on either side by a female figure, whichchanges in a provoking way… … 158.—Ceiling of the Presence Chamber, HamptonCourt (cir. 1535). Ceilings. Of all the architectural work of the time of Elizabeth andJames, that which was peculiarly English is to be found in theceilings. It was a development of native tradition, and although,like all other workof the time, it…

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