ABC/157 - Companion to the third edition of a glossary of terms used in Gothic architecture, containing four hundred additional examples, a chronological table and index.

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ABC/157

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Companion to the third edition of a glossary of terms used in Gothic architecture, containing four hundred additional examples, a chronological table and index.

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  • 1841 (Creation)

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A volume meant to be a Companion to the Glossary of Architecture from Mr. Britton's "Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages". It also comprises examples of each successive change in the style of Architecture, from the Saxon period to the decline and fall of Gothic Art (Supposed Saxon, Early Norman, Norman, Late Norman, Early English, Early Decorated, Perpendicular). The text is accompanied by numerous drawings, sections, elevations and plans of Arcades; Arches; Bases; Bosses; Brackets; Buttresses; Capitals; Compartments; Chapter Houses; Chimney Shafts; Columns; Corbel Tables; Crockets; Crosses in Churchyards, Markets, and Gables; Crypts; Doorways; Finials; Fonts; Tracery of Vaulted Ceilings; Towers and Spires; Windows. Buildings included are: Abington Abbey; Adderbury Church, Oxon; Adel Church, Yorkshire; Admeston Hall, Dorset; Alhambra, Spain; Almondsbury Church, Glocestershire; Alnwick Castle; Amesbury Church, Wiltshire; Amiens Cathedral; Appleton Church, Berkshire; Ashby Folville, Leicestershire; Athens, Erechtheum; Athens, Choragic monument of Lysicrates; Avesbury Church, Berkshire; Aydon Castle, Northumberland; Aylsham Church, Norfolk; Bampton Church, Oxon; Banbury, High Street; Barfreston Church, Kent; Barnack Church, Northamptonshire; Barham Hall, Norfolk; Barton upon Humber; Barton, Isle of Wight; Bapchild, Kent; Basingham Church, Norfolk; Monastery of Batalha, Portugal; Bath Hampton, Barn; Bayeux Cathedral, Normandy; Beaulieu, Hants; Beauvais Cathedral; Beckington's Chantry, Wells Cathedral; Beddington Church, Surrey; Berkeley Church, Glocestershire; Belsay Castle, Northumberland; Beverley Minster; Beverley, St. Mary's; Bhaugulpore, India; Binham Priory, Norfolk; Binsey Church, Oxon; Bishop's Cleeve Church, Glocestershire; Bloxham Church, Oxon; Bodmin Church, Cornwall; Boston Church, Lincolnshire; Brackley Collegiate Church; Bradwell Hall, Suffolk; Bremhill Church, Wilts; Brideskirk Church, Cumberland; Bridlington Church, Yorkshire; Brigstock, Northamptonshire; Bristol Cathedral; Bristol Abbey; Bristol Chapter House; Bristol, St. Jame's Church; Bristol, St. Stephen's Church; Brixworth Church, Northamptonshire; Bromham Church, Wilts; Broughton Church, Oxon; Brussels, La Chapelle; Buildwas Abbey, Salop; Burcombe, Wilts; Burford Church, Oxon; Burford Church, Oxon; Bury St. Edmund's; Bury Church, Hants; Caen, Abbaye aux Hommes; Caen, St. Pierre; Cambridge, King's College Chapel; Cambridge, Jesus College Chapel; Cambridge, St. Benet's; Cambridge, Pythagoras' School; Cambridge, Castle Inn; Cambridge, St. Mary's Church; Cambridge, little St. Mary's Church; Cambridge, St. Sepulchre's Church; Cambridge, Trinity Church; Canons Asby, Northamptonshire; Canterbury Cathedral; Canterbury Cathedral; Canterbury, Chapter House; Canterbury, St. Augustine's Church; Canterbury, St. Martin's Church; Temple of Carnac; Castle Acre Priory Church, Norfolk; Castle Ashby Church, Northamptonshire; Castle Hedingham Church, Essex; Castle Rising Church, Norfolk; Castor Church, Northamptonshire; Caythorpe Church, Lincolnshire; Chacombe Church, Northamptonshire; Chaddesden Church, Derbyshire; Chapel Cleeve; Charlton on Otmoor, Oxon; Cheddar, Somerset; Cheltanham, St. Mary's Church; Chepstow Castle; Chester, Chapter House; Chester, St. John's; Chichester Cathedral; Chinnor Church, Oxon; Chippenham Church; Clemping Church, Sussex; Clare, Suffolk; Colchester, St. Botolph's Priory; Cologne, St. Cunibert; Conisborough Castle; Connington, Huntingdonshire; Cootub Minar, near Delhi; Cotterstock Church, Northamptonshire; Coventry, St. Michael's Church; Creuilly Church, Normandy; Crick Church, Northamptonshire; Croyland Abbey, Lincolnshire; Cuddesdon Church, Oxon; Earl's Barton Church, Northamptonshire; East Meon Church, Hants; Easton, Hants; Egham Church, Surrey; Edlingham Castle, Northumberland; Elkstone Church, Gloucestershire; Caves of Ellora; Eltham Palace, Kent; Ely Cathedral; Ely, Conventual Church; Essendine Chapel, Rutlandshire; Etchingham Church, Sussex; Evesham, St. Peter's Church; Ewelme Church, Oxfordshire; Ewenny Church, Glamorganshire; Exeter Cathedral; Exton, Northumberland; Eyworth Church; Fairford Church, Berkshire; Fotheringhay Church, Northamptonshire; Fountain's Abbey, Yorkshire; Frauenkirche, Frankfort; Freiburg Minster, Germany; Gadsby Church, Leicestershire; Gillingham Church, Norfolk; Glastonbury, Abbey; Glastonbury, St. Nicholas' Chapel; Glastonbury, Somerset; Gloucester Cathedral; Gloucester Chapter House; Gloucester, St. Mary's Church; Godmersham, Kent; Godshill Church, Isle of Wight; Granada, Casa del Carbon; Grantham, Lincolnshire; Grantham, Lincolnshire; Guildford, St. Nicholas' Church; Haddenham Church, Bucks; Hadiscoe Church, Norfolk; Hartlepool, Durham; Haseley Church, Oxfordshire; Headington Church, Oxon; Heckington Church, Oxon; Helmsley Church, Yorkshire; Herringfleet Church, Suffolk; Hexham Church, Northumberland; Higham-Ferrars Church, Northamptonshire; Hilmorton Church, Warwickshire; Horn Church; Horsley Church, Derby; Horsted Church; Hucknall Torkard Church, Notts.; Huish Episcopi, Somerset; Hythe Chapel, Kent; Iffley Church, Oxon; Ingham Church, Norfolk; Ingworth Church, Norfolk; Ireland, St. Patrick's Church; Ireland, Round Tower; Iron Acton, Gloucestershire; Islip Church, Oxon; Ketton Church, Rutlandshire; Kidlington Church, Oxon; King's Sutton Church, Northamptonshire; Kirkby Wiske Church, Yorkshire; Lancaster, J. of Gaunt's Palace; Lanherne, Cornwall; Lavenham Church, Sussex; Laycock Abbey, Wilts; Layer Merney Hall; Layer Marney Hall; Leadenham Church; Leicester, St. Mary's Church; Leicester, St. Martin's; Leicester, King Richard's House; Leicester Jewry Hall; Leicester, St. Margaret's; Lichfield Cathedral; Lincoln, Guild; Lincoln, Jews' House; Lincoln Cathedral; Lincoln, St. Benedict's; London, Crosby Hall; London, Temple Church; London, St. Helen's, Bishopsgate; London, Chapel in the White Tower; London, Westminster Hall; Long Compton, Warwickshire; Lostwithiel Church, Cornwall; Louth Church, Lincolnshire; Lucca Cathedral, Italy; Luxor, Temple of Egypt; Malmsbury Abbey Church; Malvern Church; Maladrerie Church, Caen; Maplested Church, Essex; Marcham Church, Berks; Marcham Church, Berks; Margam, South Wales; Marston Church, Oxon; Temple of Medenah Habou; Melrose Abbey; Mentz Cathedral; Meriden Church, Warwickshire; Middleton Cheney Church, Northamptonshire; Newcastle, St. Nicholas' Church; Norwich Cathedral; Norwich, School House; Norwich, St. Julian's; Norwich, St. Nicholas; Northampton, St. Giler' Church; Northampton, St. Peter's Church; Northampton, St. Peter's Church; Northampton, St. Sepulchre's; Northborough, Northumberland; Northfleet Church, Kent; Northmoor Church, Oxon; Oakham Church, Rutland; Oxford, Merton College; Oxford, All Souls' College; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; Oxford, Balliol College Chapel; Oxford, Christ Church; Oxford, Christ Church; Oxford, Ch. Ch. Chapter House; Oxford, St. Bartholomew's; Oxford, St. Ebbe's Church; Oxford, St. Gile's Church; Oxford, Holywell Church; Oxford, Bishop King's House; Oxford, Magdalene College Chapel; Oxford, St. Mary Magdalene Church; Oxford, St. Martin's; Oxford, Lincoln College; Oxford, Merton College Chapel; Oxford, St. Mary's Church; Oxford, St. Michael's Church; Oxford, New College Chapel; Oxford, St. Peter's Church; Oxford, Star Coach Office; Oxford, St. Thomas's Church; Oxford, Trinity Chapel; Paul's Cray, Kent; Petersborough Cathedral; Piddleton Church, Durham; Portsmouth Church; Pottern, Wilts; Ramsey Church, Hunts; Repton Church, Derbyshire; Rochester Cathedral; Rochester Castle; Rolvenden Church, Kent; Rome, Baths of Dioclesian; Romney, Kent; Romsey Church, Hants; Rouen, Church of St. Ouen; Ryarsh Church, Kent; Rye Church, Sussex; Ryton, Warwickshire; St. Alban's Abbey Church, Herts; St. Cross, Winchester; St. David's, Bishop's Palace; St. Denis, near Paris; St. Leonard Malling, Kent; St. Neot's Church, Hunts; Salisbury Cathedral; Salisbury Cathedral; Salisbury, Chapter House; Sancton Church, Yorkshire; Sandwich, St. Thomas's Hospital; Sandhurst Church, Kent; Little Saxam Church, Suffolk; Sedgebarrow, Worchestershire; Shere Church, Surrey; Sherborne Church, Dorsetshire; Sherborne Abbey, Dorset; Sherborne Castle, Dorset; Shrewburry, Hipknob; Walls of Southampton; Southampton, St. Michael's Church; Southampton, Bishop's Palace; Southwark, St. Saviour's; Southwark, St. Saviour's; Southwel, Chapter House; Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire; Spires Cathedral; Stamford, St. Mary's Church; Stamford, St. Leonard's Church; Stanton Harcourt, Oxon; Stanton St. Jonh's, Oxon; Steetley, Derbyshire; Stockbury, Kent; Stone Church, Kent; Stoneleigh Church, Warwickshire; Swalcliffe, Oxon; Tattershall Church; Tewkesburry Abbey Church; Than Church, Normandy; Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire; Thornbury Church, Glocestershire; Tickencote Church, Rutland; Tisbury, Wiltshire; Tonbridge School, Kent; Upway, Dorset; Wansford Church, Northamptonshire; Walsoken Church, Norfolk; Waltham Abbey Church; Waltham, Essex; Warborough, Oxon; Warblington Church, Hants; Warwick, Beauchamp Chapel; Warmington Church, Northamptonshire; Welbourne, Lincolnshire; Welford Church, Gloucestershire; Wells Cathedral; Wells, Close Gateway; Wells, Chapter House; Wells, Lady Chapel; Wellingore, Lincolnshire; Wellesborough, Kent; Wenlock Priory, Salop; Westminster, Henry VII's Chapel; Westminster Abbey; Westminster, St. Stephen's Chapel; Westminster, Court of Requests; Westminster Hall; Westminster, Painted Chamber; Wherwell Church, Hants; Whitchurch, Somerset; Wickham, Berks; Wimborne Minster; Wimboltsham Church, Norfolk; Winchester Cathedral; Windsor, St. George's Chapel; Windsor, a Lecturer's Room; Witney Church, Oxon; Wittering, Northampton; Wittingham Church, Norfolk; Wolston Church, Warwickshire; Wolverton Hall, Dorset; Wooton Church, Hunts; Worcester Cathedral; Worstead, Norfolk; York Cathedral; York, Chapter House; York, St. William's Chapel; York, Newgate.

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