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| Certosa, The, near Pavia. From the Cloisters | [Frontispiece] | |
| Saint George. Panel from the Tomb of Cardinal Amboise in Rouen Cathedral | [Title Page] | |
| Glossary. Forty Engravings of Details | [xv to xxxix] | |
| 1. | West Entrance, Lichfield Cathedral. (1275.) | [5] |
| 2. | Ground Plan of Peterborough Cathedral. (1118 to 1193.) | [6] |
| 3. | Transverse Section of the Nave of Salisbury Cathedral | [7] |
| 4. | Choir of Worcester Cathedral. (Begun 1224.) | [9] |
| 5. | Nave of Wells Cathedral. (1206 to 1242.) | [9] |
| 6. | Ground Plan of Westminster Abbey | [11] |
| 7. | House of Jaques Cœur at Bourges. (Begun 1443.) | [15] |
| 8. | Plan of Warwick Castle. (14th and 15th Centuries.) | [16] |
| 9. | Palaces on the Grand Canal, Venice. (14th Century.) | [18] |
| 10. | Well at Regensburg. (15th Century.) | [20] |
| 11. | Gothic Ornament. From Sens Cathedral (Headpiece) | [21] |
| 12. | Lincoln Cathedral. (Mostly Early English.) | [35] |
| 13. | St. Pierre, Caen, Tower and Spire. (Spire, 1302.) | [37] |
| 14. | House at Chester. (16th Century.) | [38] |
| 15. | Houses at Lisieux, France. (16th Century.) | [41] |
| 16. | Lancet Window. (12th Century.) | [46] |
| 17. | Two-light Window. (13th Century.) | [47] |
| 18. | Geometrical Tracery. (14th Century.) | [48] |
| 19. | Triforium Arcade, Westminster Abbey. (1269.) | [49] |
| 20. | Rose Window from the Transept of Lincoln Cathedral | [50] |
| 21. | Perpendicular Window | [51] |
| 22. | Roof of Hall at Eltham Palace. (15th Century.) | [53] |
| 23. | Henry VII.’s Chapel. (1503-1512.) | [57] |
| 24. | Spire of St. Mary Magdalene, Warboys, Lincolnshire | [59] |
| 25. | Decorated Spire. All Saints’ Church, Oakham | [60] |
| 26. | Early Arch in Receding Planes | [62] |
| 27. | Arch in Receding Planes Moulded | [62] |
| 28. | Doorway, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. (15th Cent.) | [63] |
| 29. | Stained Glass Window from Chartres Cathedral | [65] |
| 30. | Sculpture from Chapter House, Westminster Abbey | [67] |
| 31. | Church at Fontevrault. (Begun 1125.) | [70] |
| 32. | Doorway at Loches, France. (1180.) | [72] |
| 33. | Notre Dame, Paris, West Front. (1214.) | [74] |
| 34. | Plan of Amiens Cathedral. (1220-1272.) | [76] |
| 35. | Amiens Cathedral, West Front. (1220-1272.) | [78] |
| 36. | Piers and Superstructure, Rheims Cathedral. (1211-1240.) | [80] |
| 37. | Capital from St. Nicholas, Blois, France. (13th Century.) | [84] |
| 38. | Beauvais Cathedral, Interior. (1225-1537.) | [86] |
| 39. | The Town Hall of Middleburgh. (1518.) | [89] |
| 40. | Tower at Ghent. (Begun 1183.) | [90] |
| 41. | Abbey Church of Arnstein. (12th and 13th Centuries.) | [94] |
| 42. | Church at Andernach. (Early 13th Century.) | [96] |
| 43. | Church of St. Barbara at Kuttenberg. East End. (1358-1548.) | [99] |
| 44. | Double Church at Schwartz-Rheindorff. Section. (1158.) | [101] |
| 45. | Double Church at Schwartz-Rheindorff. (1158.) | [102] |
| 46. | Cologne Cathedral. Ground Plan. (Begun 1248.) | [104] |
| 47. | Western Doorway of Church at Thann. (14th Century.) | [106] |
| 48. | Church of St. Catherine at Oppenheim. (1262 to 1439.) | [107] |
| 49. | St. Sebald’s Church at Nuremberg. The Bride’s Doorway | [109] |
| 50. | Palace of the Jurisconsults at Cremona | [117] |
| 51. | Cathedral at Florence. With Giotto’s Campanile | [121] |
| 52. | Cathedral at Siena. West Front and Campanile | [123] |
| 53. | Cathedral at Orvieto. (Begun 1290; Façade, 1310.) | [125] |
| 54. | Ogival Window-head | [129] |
| 55. | Tracery in Window-head, from Venice | [130] |
| 56. | Window from Tivoli | [134] |
| 57. | Italian Gothic Window, with Tracery in Head | [136] |
| 58. | Cathedral at Toledo. Interior. (Begun 1227.) | [139] |
| 59. | The Giralda at Seville. (Begun in 1196; Finished in 1568.) | [141] |
| 60. | Doorway from Church at Batalha. (Begun 1385.) | [151] |
| 61. | Strozzi Palace at Florence. (Begun 1489.) | [169] |
| 62. | Part of the Loggia del Consiglio at Verona | [171] |
| 63. | The Pandolfini Palace, Florence. Designed by Raphael | [173] |
| 64. | St. Peter’s at Rome. Interior. (1506-1661.) | [177] |
| 65. | Monument by Sansovino, in Sta. Maria del Popolo, Rome | [179] |
| 66. | Palazzo Giraud, Rome. By Bramante. (1506.) | [180] |
| 67. | Italian Shell Ornament | [183] |
| 68. | The Church of the Redentore, Venice. (1576.) | [185] |
| 69. | Certosa near Pavia. Part of West Front. (Begun 1473.) | [188] |
| 70. | Villa Medici—On the Pincian Hill near Rome. By Annibale Lippi (now theAcadémie Française). (A.D. 1540.) | [191] |
| 70a. | Early Renaissance Corbel | [192] |
| 71. | Window from a House at Orleans. (Early 16th Century.) | [195] |
| 72. | Capital from the House of Francis I., Orleans. (1540.) | [197] |
| 73. | Pavillon Richelieu of the Louvre, Paris | [199] |
| 74. | Part of the Tuileries, Paris. (Begun 1564.) | [201] |
| 75. | Capital from Delorme’s work at the Louvre | [202] |
| 76. | Hôtel des Invalides, Paris | [204] |
| 77. | Window from Colmar. (1575.) | [208] |
| 78. | Zeughaus, Dantzic. (1605.) | [209] |
| 79. | Council-house at Leyden. (1599.) | [211] |
| 80. | Quadrangle of the Castle of Schalaburg | [213] |
| 81. | Holland House, Kensington. (1607.) | [216] |
| 82. | St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. (1675-1710.) | [220] |
| 83. | Houses at Chester. (16th Century.) | [225] |
| 84. | The Alcazar at Toledo. (Begun 1568.) | [231] |
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL WORDS.
Abacus.—The upper portion of the capital of a column, upon which the weight to be carried rests.
Aisle (Lat. ala).—The side subdivision in a church; occasionally all the subdivisions, including the nave, are called aisles.
Apse.—A semicircular or polygonal termination to, or projection from, a church or other public building.
Arcade.—A range of arches, supported on piers or columns.
Arch.—A construction of wedge-shaped blocks of stone, or of bricks, of a curved outline, and spanning an open space. The principal forms of arch in use are Semicircular; Acutely-pointed, or Lancet; Equilateral, or Less Acutely-pointed; Four-centred, or Depressed Tudor; Three-centred, or Elliptic; Ogival; Segmental; and Stilted. (Figs. [a to f].)