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Front Cover, Architecture: Gothic and RenaissanceArchitecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

The book was bound with quarter-leather at one time.

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Title Page, Architecture: Gothic and RenaissanceArchitecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

Architecture Gothic and Renaissance By T. Roger Smith, F.R.I.B.A. Professor of Architecture at University College, London. London Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited St. Dunstan’s House, Fetter [...]

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Title Page Image (detail)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on [...]

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Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval BirdsArchitecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs.

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Added: 2007-09-17

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7.—House of Jacques Cœur at Bourges (Begun 1443)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

“‘Second only in importance to the churches and religious buildings come the military and domestic buildings of the Gothic period (Fig. 7).” A perspective view of a complex house with a courtyard. Jac [...]

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Places shown: Bourges; Cher; France

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30.—Sculpture from the entrance to the chapter house, Westminster Abbey (1250)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

“Examples abound, but both for beauty and accessibility we can refer to no better example than the carving which enriches the entrance to the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey (Fig. 30).” (p. 68) Car [...]

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Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

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49.—St. Sebald’s Church at Nuremberg.Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

The Bride’s Doorway (1303 – 1377). A door, yes, wooden and with lion’s head door-rings, but also with five nested arches supported by statues, with statues on either side, with a grand arch with a rou [...]

Keywords: gothic architecture, doors, arches, carving, statues, statuary, sculpture, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Nuermberg; Franconia; Bavaria; Germany

Added: 2025-08-19

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60.—Doorway from Church at Batalha (Begun 1385)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

This is a doorway at Batalha Monastery in Potugal, or rather, a portal, as there do not seem to be physical doors that close. It is made of intricately carved stone, with a five-part main arch in whic [...]

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Places shown: Batalha; Portugese

Added: 2025-08-16

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84.—The Alcazar at Toledo (Begun 1548)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

Several people stand or sit around, disconnected individuals, on the flagstone floor of the Alcázar, made to seem insiginficant by the height of the pillars and arches, perhaps 60 feet or more (10 met [...]

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Places shown: ToledoToledo; Spain

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