An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 91
Page 242
... towers , completed 1439 , to St. Martin at Courtrai , 1390-1439 ; Ste . Walburge at Audenaerde , rebuilt , except the choir , 1414-1515 , with a tower 295 ft . high , by J. van den Eecken ; NĂ´tre Dame at Anvers , the only five- aisled ...
... towers , completed 1439 , to St. Martin at Courtrai , 1390-1439 ; Ste . Walburge at Audenaerde , rebuilt , except the choir , 1414-1515 , with a tower 295 ft . high , by J. van den Eecken ; NĂ´tre Dame at Anvers , the only five- aisled ...
Page 960
... tower at Aberdeen , and its modern imitation by Sir C. Wren , at St. Dunstan's - in - the- East Church , in London . Of another class of towers of this period , that of Fotheringay Church is the type . The ordinary square tower is ...
... tower at Aberdeen , and its modern imitation by Sir C. Wren , at St. Dunstan's - in - the- East Church , in London . Of another class of towers of this period , that of Fotheringay Church is the type . The ordinary square tower is ...
Page 961
... tower was placed at the east end of the nave , with a chancel at the end ; the tower was much narrower than the nave , but exactly the width of the lofty arch support- ing it , so that now the roof has gone , the construction appears ...
... tower was placed at the east end of the nave , with a chancel at the end ; the tower was much narrower than the nave , but exactly the width of the lofty arch support- ing it , so that now the roof has gone , the construction appears ...
Contents
ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES | 4 |
Basements and Attics | 13 |
Jewish and Phoenician | 24 |
22 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
15th century aisles architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated depth describe diameter divided dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal houses inches inclined intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rafters rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls weight whereof width wood