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... plain if I find the information I am searching for side by side with an article on Gregorian Chants , any more than if a similar search in the " Archæological Journal " brings me into the vi- cinity of a discourse on bronze celts or ...
... plain if I find the information I am searching for side by side with an article on Gregorian Chants , any more than if a similar search in the " Archæological Journal " brings me into the vi- cinity of a discourse on bronze celts or ...
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... plain , the rustic and the dweller in cities , have each their distinguishing and unmis- takeable characteristics . But , beyond all this , an unfathomable law of Divine Providence has divided the offspring of our com- mon parents into ...
... plain , the rustic and the dweller in cities , have each their distinguishing and unmis- takeable characteristics . But , beyond all this , an unfathomable law of Divine Providence has divided the offspring of our com- mon parents into ...
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... plain and tangible diversities in architecture- those by which the dates of buildings are generally ascertained— are in most cases to be referred . Let us take for instance two purely physical causes , climate and material . It is ...
... plain and tangible diversities in architecture- those by which the dates of buildings are generally ascertained— are in most cases to be referred . Let us take for instance two purely physical causes , climate and material . It is ...
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... plain , with a curious finish at the point where the chamfer , as one may call it , commences . Another Basilican temple occurs at Salsette , which appears designed in a more en- riched style , the pillars being described as fluted ...
... plain , with a curious finish at the point where the chamfer , as one may call it , commences . Another Basilican temple occurs at Salsette , which appears designed in a more en- riched style , the pillars being described as fluted ...
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... plain , and , according to Grecian notions , far too heavy for the supporting colonnade . The upper part of the composition , above the entablature , is loaded with sculptures both human and mon- strous . It should be remarked that this ...
... plain , and , according to Grecian notions , far too heavy for the supporting colonnade . The upper part of the composition , above the entablature , is loaded with sculptures both human and mon- strous . It should be remarked that this ...
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abacus aisles ancient appears apse Arabian arcades archi architects architrave basilicas beauty buildings Byzantine Byzantine architecture capital Cathedral century chancel character choir Christian churches classical clerestory columns construction Corinthian cupola decoration distinct dome doorway Doric Doric order Early Gothic Egypt Egyptian England enriched entablature erected examples excavations exhibit existence feature flat foliage gables genuine German Gothic architecture Gothic art Grecian Grecian architecture Greece Greek heathen height idea imitation Italian Italy jambs latter less Lombard magnificent massive monuments mouldings nations nave Norman occur octagonal origin ornament outline Oxford Cathedral Pelasgian perfect period Perpendicular pier pier-arches pilasters pillars pointed arch portico Price principle proportion pure remains remarkable Roman Roman architecture Romanesque Rome roof round arch rude Saracens Saxon sculpture seems shafts sometimes spire splendour square stone structures style tecture temple tion tower tracery Transition triforium ture usually vaulting vertical wall whole
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Page 316 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone.
Page 315 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alleyed walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, EXposed t'o the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...