A Description of the Restorations of the Exterior of Lincoln Cathedral: With a Comparative Examination of the Restorations of Other Cathedrals, Parish Churches, & C |
Other editions - View all
A Description and Defense of the Restorations of the Exterior of Lincoln ... J. C. Buckler No preview available - 2016 |
A Description and Defense of the Restorations of the Exterior of Lincoln ... J C Buckler No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbey admirable adorned aisle alteration ancient architecture ancient Churches angles Anglo-Norman antiquary antiquity appearance arcades arch archi ashlar beauty bemossed stones Bishop Alexander blemishes block Brasenose College breadth builder building buttresses capitals carved carved-work clerestory colour considerable decay defaced doubt early ecclesiologists edifice Edition elevation Ely Cathedral entrance Essex evidence exhibit feet formed founder G. G. Scott genius Gloucester Cathedral hand inches injury instance interior James Wyatt JOHN WELBOURNE joints less Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Minster mason-work masonry material ment mischief modern mouldings nave Norman Norman architecture observation original ornaments Oxford parapet pattern perfect period piers pillars plain portion present preservation pronaos recess reference regard remains remarks Remigius Remigius's removed repairs restoration rich roof scraping sculpture Small 8vo soffit south side specimens stone-work style surface taste tecture thirteenth century tion towers volutes walls weather west front workmanship writer
Popular passages
Page 10 - I take the liberty of copying some published remarks of my own on this point, which may explain my meaning. " An original detail, (especially in carving,) though partially decayed or mutilated, is infinitely more valuable than the most skilful attempt at its restoration.
Page 46 - These are the means by which we became possessed of so many choice specimens of different ages. A whole Church in a single style is of rare occurrence : when we meet with an instance, it is appreciated; but an injury is done to the history of architecture, by reducing Churches of various styles to this condition. The contrast they present is valuable, the diversity instructive ; but the appearance of a Church modernised after this fashion is tame, and devoid of the worth which it possessed by the...