Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 118
extreme winds the glass of thewindows doth decay and waste, it were good the whole leightsof everie window at the departure of his lordshippe, andduring the time of his lordships absence, were taken downand laid up in safety.* * Preface, p. xvh, Northumberland Household Book, edited by-Bishop… … Winnow with Shutters and S<.au Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1310. pleasantly situated on the ground floor opening into thegarden.* Examples of the century ending 1400 are nume- cannot avoid alluding to glass, not yet common in common houses.Our country houses, instead of glass, did use much…
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