The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture: With an Explanation of Technical Terms, and a Centenary of Ancient Terms |
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Abbey Church ancient angles Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon architecture appears arcades architecture architrave beam braces Brixworth building buttresses Canterbury Cathedral capitals chancel chancel arch chantry Chapel choir church of St clerestory compartments consists construction corbel crocketted crypt Decorated Derbyshire detail divided doorway dripstone Early English east end ecclesiæ erected exhibits external face fifteenth century foliage fourteenth century groined head Herefordshire hood moulding horizontal imposts jambs Kent Lancet Leicestershire lights Lincoln Cathedral Lincolnshire masonry mullions nave nave and chancel Norman style Northamptonshire numerous occur ogee ornamental Oxford Oxford Cathedral Oxfordshire panel panel-work pier arches pinnacles plain pointed arch principal projecting quatrefoils rafters ribs rich Roman round rude Salisbury Cathedral sculptured semicircular arches semicircular-headed shafts shire soffits sometimes south aisle south side spandrels specimen spire spring square square-headed stone stringcourse supported surmounted tower tracery transept trefoil twelfth century vaulting Vide vignette wall Warwickshire whilst Winchester Cathedral wooden roof Worcester Cathedral zig-zag