A Concise Dictionary of Architectural Terms: IllustratedFirst published in 1846, this illustrated dictionary of architecture was so successful that the author revised it several times. It remains one of the best guides to hundreds of terms used in Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance architecture. "A relevant and practical aide." — Clem Labine's Traditional Building. |
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abacus Abbey aisles altar ancient angles apophyges applied apse arch archi arrangement buildings buttresses called canopies Canterbury capital carved Castle Cathedral ceilings chancel Chapel choir churches circular Classical architecture columns commonly corbels cornice crockets cross cross-springers Decorated style doors doorways Doric Doric order Early English Early English style enriched entablature especially examples fillet finials flat foliage frequently gable Gothic architecture hall hollow houses jambs kind Lincoln Cathedral lower medieval ment mouldings mullions nave niches Norman style Northamptonshire occasionally octagonal ogee orna ornament ovolo Oxford Oxfordshire Oxon panels parapet period Perpendicular style Peterborough Cathedral pillars pinnacles placed plain plinth porch projecting quently ribs Roman Roman architecture Rome roof round screen side small shafts sometimes spires splay square stone tecture Temple term tiles tion tomb tower tracery transept trefoils triforium turret twelfth century unfrequently upper usually vault wall Westminster wooden