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ABC/21
Title
Manual of Gothic mouldings with directions for copying them and for determining their dates. Illustrated by upwards of six thousand examples, with numerous additions and improvements by W.M. Fawcett.
Date(s)
- 1877 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 volume
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Name of creator
(14 Jan 1815-9 Dec 1888)
Biographical history
Classical writer and scholar, educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge (1834-1838).
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21154
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21154
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Scope and content
A small but detailed volume dedicated to the study of Gothic Mouldings, with directions for copying them and for determining their dates. Contents: Introduction; General principles of formation; Copying moldings; Early molding in general; Early English molding; Decorated moldings; Perpendicular Moldings; Plans of Gothic columns; Capitals; Bases; Hood-moldings and string-courses.
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Language of material
- English
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Loose spine