Book Excerpt: The broach-spire now came into notice. It was added on to the square tower, and at the early part of this style was low in height, but gradually became taller.The circular-headed windows of the Normans gave place to the narrow-pointed lancets of the Early English. These admitted little light, and necessitated a greater number of windows, which were grouped into couplets or triplets.Geometrical.--The window, by the gradual process of piercing the vacant spaces in the window-head, carrying mouldings around the ...
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Book Excerpt: The broach-spire now came into notice. It was added on to the square tower, and at the early part of this style was low in height, but gradually became taller.The circular-headed windows of the Normans gave place to the narrow-pointed lancets of the Early English. These admitted little light, and necessitated a greater number of windows, which were grouped into couplets or triplets.Geometrical.--The window, by the gradual process of piercing the vacant spaces in the window-head, carrying mouldings around the tracery (or ornamental filling-in), and adding cusps (the point where foliations of tracery intersect), gave rise to Geometrical work.The earliest work of this kind is found in Westminster Abbey.Decorated.--The towers are made to appear lighter by the parapets being either embattled or pierced with elegant designs, and pinnacles placed on them.The broach-spires gave place to spires springing at once from the octagon. The buttresses are setRead More
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Add this copy of Cathedral Cities of England / By George Gilbert; to cart. $7.72, fair condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1905 by New York: Dodd, Mead.
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1907
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Illustrated with color plates. 427pp. Tall 8vo, red cloth; spine a bit worn and lettering dull. N.Y., 1907.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. Red cloth, . Sl edge rubbing, spine sl dulled. Square volume, small (1/8") dia. Fray in cloth, lower left front cover. Former owner's name.; HB, octavo; 427 pages.
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Very Good. Bound in publisher's orange cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Spine faded. Top edge gilt. viii, 427 pages): color illustrations. From the library of John Glenn, (1858-1950), of the prominent Baltimore family. Glenn was director of the Russell Sage Foundation, a noted philanthropist, and Johns Hopkins trustee.
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W.W. Collins. Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Original red cloth hardcover binding with gilt lettering and stamped designs; gilt page edges. Illustrated with full-page color plates. Edges worn and frayed; page edges dusty and lightly soiled.
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Very Good + No DJ. Printing Not Spec. Collins, W. W. 8vo = over 9" 427pp. Red cloth covers are soiled, worn on corners and top/bottom of spine. Back hinge is cracked and cover is slightly loose. Spine is faded. Gilt lettering on front and spine. Beautiful color plates throughout.
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