Inside Out Library · Explore

A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)

Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 304

An illustration from A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture, 1905, leaf 304
Northamptonshire; St.Clement, Sand-wich; Ifney, Ox-fordshire; Stewk-ley, Buckingham-shire, &c. In Ewriy Eng-lish towers muchgreater variety ofdesign and pro-:portion is foundthan in those ofprior date. Theprevailing plan issquare, but someexamples are oc-tagonal, and oc-casionally theupper part… … MMdlttoii Sinner. Oitrn., c. 1320. 297 style are of lofty proportions, while others are low andmassive. The best examples are generally more or lessornamented, and some are very highly enriched. Thebelfry windows are often large, and deeply recessed,with numerous bold mouldings in the jambs, and…

Architecture -- Dictionaries · Architecture -- Terminology

Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture

More like this