Some account of domestic architecture in England from Edward I to Richard II, with notices of foreign examples and numerous illustrations of existing remains from original drawings (1882)
riod was of a very elaborate character, and per-haps the smiths skillwas mostly displayedin the ornamenting ofthe door, for not onlywere the large mas-sive hinges oftentimesworked in the mostelaboratemanner,butthe locks, the bolts,and even the nailswith which the doorwas studded, all de-serve… … Iron-work from the MS. of the Romance of Alexanderin the Bodleian Library, not have possessed any separate or distinct character; moreover, we find the • For further information on this sub-ject, see the articles in the Glossary ofArchitecture, upon Door, Hinge, Iron- work, Lock, Escutcheon,…
Architecture, Domestic
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