Specimens of Gothic architecture; selected from various ancient edifices in England: consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large .. . m. A GLOSSARY OP TECHNICAL TERMS, DESCBIPTIVE OF (^otljic JJrdjitecture: COLLECTED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS, PASSAGES IN THE WORKS OF POETS, HISTORIANS, &c. OF A DATE CONTEMPOHAIiY WITH THAT STYLE; AND COLLATED WITH THE ELUCIDATIONS AND NOTES OF VARIOUS COMMENTATORS, GLOSSARISTS, MODERN EDITORS. TO ACCOMPANY THE ^ptctimns of 0oti)it Slifljitrrtuit, BY A. PUGIN. COMPILED BY EDWARD JAMES WILLSON. LONDON:M. A. NATTALI, 19, SOUTHAMPTON STREET, COVENT
Specimens of Gothic architecture; selected from various ancient edifices in England: consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large .. . m. A GLOSSARY OP TECHNICAL TERMS, DESCBIPTIVE OF (^otljic JJrdjitecture: COLLECTED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS, PASSAGES IN THE WORKS OF POETS, HISTORIANS, &c. OF A DATE CONTEMPOHAIiY WITH THAT STYLE; AND COLLATED WITH THE ELUCIDATIONS AND NOTES OF VARIOUS COMMENTATORS, GLOSSARISTS, MODERN EDITORS. TO ACCOMPANY THE ^ptctimns of 0oti)it Slifljitrrtuit, BY A. PUGIN. COMPILED BY EDWARD JAMES WILLSON. LONDON:M. A. NATTALI, 19, SOUTHAMPTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN. PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS €\)( ^lodsfarp* Ix presenting this Glossary to the pubUc, some prefatory observations ma\ seem necessary, bolli toexplain the utility intended by it, and the method used in its compilation. The loss of the technicalterms appropriated by the original professoi-s of Gothic Architecture to their inventions, must heregretted by every admirer of that beautiful style of building. The discovery of these terms could notfail of assisting that of the principles which guided the original Architects; and whilst so much inve
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