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

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

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

ArchitectureGothic and RenaissanceBy T. Roger Smith, F.R.I.B.A.Professor of Architecture at University College, London.LondonSampson Low, Marston and Company, LimitedSt. Dunstan’s House, Fetter Lane, [...]

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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 Birds Architecture: 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. Jacq [...]

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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)Carv [...]

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Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

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