Items matching gothic taken from The Story of Some English Shires (1897)
gothic: mediaeval/medieval; relating to the Middle Ages; an architectural style common in western Europe from the 12th through to the 15th century and characterized by pointed arches, rib vaulting, and a developing emphasis on verticality and the impression of height; a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.
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Pictures from The Story of Some English Shires by Mandell Creighton, D.D., Lord Bishop of London (1843 – 1901). My copy says there were one hundred and fifty copies made.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Mandell Creighton.
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