ABC/128 - The grammar of ornament. Illustrated by examples of various types of government.

ABC/128

The grammar of ornament. Illustrated by examples of various types of government.

1 volume

A volume dedicated to the Grammar of Ornament. It offers some theoretical insight into the various styles of ornament, accompanied by one hundred folio plates, drawn on stone and printed in colour. Ornaments of Savage Tribes in United Service Museum: Cloths, Otaheite; Matting from Tongotabu, Friendly Islands; Cloths, Sandwich Islands; Cloth Matting from Tongotabu, Friendly Islands; Cloth made from Paper Mulberry, Feejee Islands, Club; South America; Sandwich Islands; Owhyhee, Club; New Hebrides, Inlaid Shield; South Sea Islands; Tahiti, Adze; Friendly Islands, Drums; New Zealand, Patoo-Patoo, Paddle, Pajee, or War Club. Egyptian Ornament: Egyptian Representations of the Lotus; Three Papyrus Plants, and three full-blown Lotus Flowers; Lotus and Buds; Dessert Plants; Column bound with Matting and Ribbons; Fan made with Feathers; Feathers from the Head-dress of the Horses of the Royal Chariots; Fans; Head-dresses; Gold and enamelled Vases; Rudder Oar; Boats made of Papyrus Plants bound together; Capital of the Columns of the Temple of Luxor, Thebes; Capital of theColumns of the Memnonium, Thebes; Capital from a Temple in the Oasis of Thebes; Capital from a Portico of Edfu; Capital from the Colonnade of the Island of Philae; Capital from the Temple at Koom-Ombos; Ornament on the top of the Walls of a Tomb at Benihassan; Karnac, Thebes; Sakhara; Tombs from El Kab, Benihassan, Gourna; Necklace; Sarcophagus; Arrangement Lines from dados; Ceiling at Medit Haboo; Ornaments from Mummy-cases; Mats; Emboidery on a King's Robe; Paintings in Tombs; Dress of a Figure in one of the Tombs of Biban el Moluk; Scales of the Armour worn by the Heroes and Gods of Egypt; Dress of the god Amun, Aboosimbel; Dado from the Tomb of Ramses, Biban el Moluk. Assyrian and Persian Ornament: Sculptured Pavement, Kouyunjik; Painted Ornaments from Nimroud; Sacred Trees from Nimroud; Enamelled Bricks from Khorsabad; Bronze Shield; King's Dress; Bronze Vessel, Nimroud; Battering Ram, Khorsabad; Feathered Ornament in the Curvetto of the Cornice, Palace no.8, Persepolis; Bases of Columns, Persepolis; Sassanian Capitals, Bi Sutoun; Sassanian Ornaments from Ispahan; Pilaster, Tak I Bostan. Pompeian Ornament: Borders from different Houses in Pompeii; Pilasters and Friezes; Collection of Mosaics from Pompeii and the Museum at Naples. Roman Ornament: Forum of Trajan, Rome; Villa Medici, Rome; Casts in the Crystal Palace; Cast at Marlborough House; Frieze of the Roman Temple at Brescia; Fragments of the Soffits of the Architraves of the Roman Temple at Brescia; Frieze of the Arch of the Goldsmiths, Rome; Museo Bresciano. Byzantine Ornament: Stone Sculptured Ornament and Bronze Gates, Sta. Sofia, Constantinople; Ivory Diptychs, Beauvais Cathedral; Bronze Door, Basilica of the Nativity, Bethlehem; Stone Sculptures, St. Mark's, Venice; St. Michael's Church, Schwabisch Hall; Doorway at Murrhard Monastery; Composition of Bosses from St. Sebald, Nuremberg, and the Church of Nossen, Saxony; Church of St. John, Gmund, Swabia; Romanesque Wood and Ivory Carving, Cologne; Bronze Door, Monreale; Bronze Door of the Duomo, Ravello and the Duomo, Trani; Huelgas Monastery, Burgos, Spain; Porch of Lucca Cathedral; St. Denis, near Paris; Cloisters of Sant' Ambrogio, Milan; Chapel of Heilsbronn, Bavaria; Bayeux Cathedral; Lincoln Cathedral; Kilpeck Porch, Herefordshire; Marble Pavement, Agios Pantokrator, Constantinople; Homilies of Gregory Nazianzen; Greek MSS., British Museum; Enamelled Casket; Enamelled Tomb of Jean, son of St. Louis; Mastic Pavement; Mosaics from Monreale Cathedral, near Palermo; Church of Ara Coeli, Rome; San Lorenzi Fuori, Rome; S. M. Maggiore, Rome; San Vitale, Ravena; S. M. in Cosmedin, Rome; Baptistery of St. Mark, Venice; The Duomo, civita Castellana; San Giovanni Laterano, Rome. Arabian Ornament: Architraves and Soffits of the Windows at the Mosque of Tooloon, Cairo; Parapet of the Mosque of Sultan Kalaoon; Arches, Mosque En Nasireeyeh; Architraves, Mosque of Sultan Kalaoon; Wooden Stringcourse Pulpit; Door in the Mosque El Barkookeyeh; Various Mosques; Pavements and Walls in Private Houses and Mosques in Cairo. Turkish Ornament: Fountain at Pera, Constantinople; Mosque of Sultan Achmet, Constantinople; Tombs at Constantinople; Tomb of Sultan Soliman I, Constantinople; Yeni D'jami, or new mosque, Constantinople; Fountain at Tophana, Constantinople; Dome of the Mosque of Soliman I, Constantinople. Moresque Ornament, from Alhambra: Borders on Mosaic Dados; Bands enclosing Panels and Walls; Square Stops in the Bands of the Inscriptions; Great Arch in the Hall of the Boat; Arch of the Court of the Lions; Divan Hall of the Two Sisters; Court of the Fish-pond; Arches of the Hall of Justice; Hall of the Ambassadors; Panels of the Court of the Mosque; Hall of the Abencerrages; Walls, Tower of the Captive; Walls, House of Sanchez; Baths. Persian Ornament: Ornament from Persian MSS. in the British Museum; From a Persian Manufacturer's Pattern-Book, Marlborough House. Indian Ornament: Works in Metal, in the Indian collection in 1851; Embroidered and Woven Fabrics, and Painting on Vases, in the Indian Collection in 1851, Marlborough House; Painted Lacquer-work, collection at the Indian House; Woven and Embroidered Fabrics, and Painted Boxes, in the Indian Collection at Paris in 1855. Hindoo Ornament: Burmese, of Glass, Crystal Palace; Burmese shrine; Burmese Standard; Burmese, from a Monastery near Prome; Burmese, East India House; Burmese Gilt Chest; Burmese and Hindoo Ornaments, at United Service Museum and British Museum. Chinese Ornament: Ornaments, Painted on Porcelain and Wood; Woven Fabrics; Conventional Rendering of Flowers and Fruit, Painted on Porcelain. Celtic Ornament: The Aberlemno Cross, Chalmers, Stone Monuments of Angus; Stone Cross in the churchyard of St. Vigean's, Angusshire; Stone Cross in the Cemetery in the Island of Inchbrayoe, Scotland; Cross in the churchyard of Meigle, Angusshire; Cross near the old Church of Eassie, Angusshire; Ribbon Patterns, from Anglo-Saxon and Irish MSS, in the British Museum, Bodleian Library in Oxford, and the Libraries of St. Gall and Trinity College in Dublin; Terminal Ornaments, Paris Library; Bible of St. Denis; Gospels of Lindisfarne; Psalter of St. Augustine in the British Museum; Franco-Saxon Sacramentarium of St. Gregory, in the Library of Rheims; The Golden Gospels; The Coronation Gospels of the Anglo-Saxon Kings; Missal of Leofric in the Bodleian Library; Gospels of Mas Durnan, in the Library of Lambeth Palace; Irish Gospels at St. Gall; Illuminated Page of the Benedictional of Aethelgar at Rouen; Arundel Pslater, British Museum; Gospel of Canute in British Museu. Medieval Ornament: Leaves and Flowers; Borders from Illuminated MSS.; Diapers on Walls, from Miniatures in Illuminated MSS.; Stained Glass from Church of Attenberg near Cologne, Southwell Church at Nottinghamshire, Chapter House at York Cathedral, North Transept at York Cathedral, Cathedral of Soisson, St. Thomas at Strasburg, St. Cunibert at Cologne, Cathedral of Troyes, Canterbury Cathedral, Abbey of St. Denis, Cathedral of Bourges, Cathedral of Angers; Encaustic Tiles; Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. Renaissance Ornament: Church of Sta. Maria dei Miracoli, Venice; Scuola di San Marco, Venice; Church of San Michele in Murano, Venice; Scala dei Giganti, Venice; Cinque-Cento Monuments of Genoa; Ghiberti Gate of the Baptistery, Florence; Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; Hotel Bourgtheroulde, Rouen; Church of Sta. Maria del Popolo, Rome; Bas-reliefs from Genoa; Martinengo Tomb, Brescia; Base of 'Trois Graces' of Germain Pilon, Louvre; Hotel Cluny Museum, Paris; Enamels; Ebony Cabinet; Dagger Sheath; Pottery; Limoges ChampleveEnamel; Metal Plates; Ornaments taken from Specimens of Hispano-Arabic, Castilian, French, and Italian Earthenware, preserved in the Marlborough House Museum, and principally from the Majolican Wares of Pesare, Gubbio, Urbino, Castel Durante, and other Italian Towns of the XV, XVI and XVII centuries; Elizabethan Ornament: Stone Chimneypiece, in the Robing Room of the Judge's Court of Queen's Bench; Old House, Bristol; Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; Church Pew, Wiltshire; Burton Agnes, Yorkshire; House near Norwich; Pavenham Church, Bedfordshire; Old Palace, Bromley; Tomb at Westminster Abbey; Montacute in Somersetshire; Crewe Hall, Cheshire; Hall of Trinity College, Cambridge; Holland House, Kensington; Aston Hall, Warwickshire; Old Palace, Enfield; Little Charlton House, Kent; Peter Paul Pindar's House, Bishopsgate; Cromwell Hall, Highgate; House near Tottenham Church; Knowle, Kent. Italian Ornament: Open Arcade of the Vatican,Rome; Palazzo Ducale at Mantua; Palazzo del Te, Mantua; Typographic Embellishment of the XVIth century in Italy and France. Leaves and Flowers from Nature, in full-size, and traced from natural leaves, some with Plans and Elevations.

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