Front Cover, Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance
The book was bound with quarter-leather at one time.
[$]A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on a hill, a lady with a dog, and on the other side a windmill. Under the dragon there’s a skull and a broken spear-head. [...] [more...]
[$]Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval Birds
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. [more...]
[$]7.—House of Jacques Cœur at Bourges (Begun 1443)
“‘Second only in importance to the churches and religious buildings come the military and domestic buildings of the Gothic period (Fig. 7).” [more...]
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