From About The Era Of The Norman Conquest To The Time Of Edward The Fourth.

A General Reference Work On Architecture, Carpentry, Building, Superintendence, Contracts Specifications, Building Law, Stair-Building, Estimating, Masonry, Reinforced Concrete, Steel Construction, Architectural Drawing, Sheet Metal Work, Heating, Ventilating, Etc. In Ten Volumes.

Contents: Origin, Progress, and Decline of Gothic or English Ecclesiastical Architecture; Definition of Gothic Architecture; Different kinds of Arches; Anglo Saxon Style; Anglo Norman Style; Semi Norman Style; Early English Style; Decorated English Style; Florid or Perpendicular English Style; Debased English Style. Illustrated.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This book is a practical field guide to over 75 religious sites. "Built of Earth and Song" provides historical data on each church and the religious art within it, along with maps, a glossary of relevant Spanish and English terms, and a concise bibliography.

Originally published in 1935, The English Abbey sees celebrated architectural historian Frederick Herbert Crossley look beyond the masonry and arches to describe the inner workings of the abbey, a way of life central to English society until its eventual suppression and destruction at the hands of Henry VIII. After recounting the history of monasteries and the various orders of monks and nuns, The English Abbey describes the people found inside, from the all-powerful Abbot to the lowliest novice. Chapters cover the buildings' location, construction and architecture, their management and maintenance, with the many different jobs and offices required to keep an abbey running smoothly, and the highly regulated daily rhythms of a life which revolved around services. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and drawings showing some of England's finest examples, The English Abbey is a revealing and highly informative work of both architectural and social history.

1909. With Numerous Illustrations. A travel guide for the American tourist to the Cathedrals of Europe with descriptions written by writers such as: Theophile Gautier; Arthur Symonds; W.D. Sweeting; Victor Hugo; S. Sophia Beale; H.H. Bishop; Dean Spence; and others. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This unique material is written by Rosslyn Chapel's longest established independent guide who leads tours with a deeper spiritual aspect. In addition to guiding small groups around the chapel and other local sacred sites the author commenced to study the Reshel, a term coined by William Buehler, long before interest in the chapel soared. The book summarizes the forty years of research by ex-Commander William Buehler who is very knowledgeable on the early Hebrew letters that were used before the Sinai exodus.He applies this knowledge to sacred geometry in artefacts such as temples, and ley lines on a global scale. Rosslyn and hinterland offers a perfect and significant example of its application, with deep ramifications for our current transition. The Reshel is a body of sacred knowledge known to initiates of ancient cultures, and utilized by an inner core of Templars at Rosslyn and elsewhere. Later it was known to early masons too. It is active even so today, and it is hoped that the book will raise awareness in the reader of the role Rosslyn plays in the local landscape and also in a larger spiritual programme. Tours and training in this aspect of light work are available and the book serves as a reference for these too.

Baroque, Gothic, Romanesque, Greek. These traditional architectural styles are easily recognizable both in public buildings and especially in houses of worship. Each has a particular influence on sacred space, and all tend to highlight the utter transcendence of God.

In "An Architecture of Immanence" Mark Torgerson asserts that modern architecture has heavily influenced the construction of new sacred spaces, producing a new way of building that emphasizes God's coming near to us. Torgerson begins by discussing a proper understanding of God's transcendence and immanence and showing how church architecture has traditionally interpreted these key concepts. He then traces the theological roots of immanence's priority from liberal theology and liturgical innovation to modern architecture. Next, Torgerson illustrates this new architecture of immanence through particular practitioners, focusing especially on the work of theologically savvy architect Edward Anders Svvik. Finally, he addresses the future of church architecture as congregations are buffeted by the twin forces of liturgical change and postmodernism.

A celebration and exploration of the modern conception of sacred space, "An Architecture of Immanence" will interest architects, liturgists, and all Christians who seek to read the sacred spaces of the recent past.

The Beginning of the Romance - Invasion, Fire and Murder - From Crypt to ''Glorious Choir'' - The Men of the Three- Fold Rule - A Dark Night and a Dark Deed - a Catherdral in Flames - Crusaders and Pilgrims - The Nation's Hero - Kings and Archbishops - Princess Elizabeth of York - A Twentieth Century Pilgrimage

This book represents twenty years of thought and research on perhaps the greatest Islamic monument in Spain- the Mosque of Cordoba. The unfolding of the mystery of its origin goes back to Atlantis when an era of world civilization made possible the birth of a community called Tartessos in Andalusia. This sophisticated society welcomed the trading Phoenicians in the 12th century BC. Together they designed and built essentially the structure that Islam adapted to their use as a mosque in the 8th century AD. But new evidence gathered by the architect, Marvin Mills, fails to support this contention as we examine the architecture and history of the building and realize that another provenance is indicated. Even the orientation of he mosque is suspect as it fails to orient to Mecca. And Carbon-14 dating indicates a much older attribution. Revelations such as these will make it impossible to continue as usual in the progress of the field of Spanish architecture, Phoenicians in the West, the reality of Atlantis without dealing with this new approach. Insights into the famous Alhambra in Granada and Madina Azahara, the palace-city outside of Cordoba, add to the new perspective by challenging their origins as well.

From About The Era Of The Norman Conquest To The Time Of Edward The Fourth.

1909. With Numerous Illustrations. A travel guide for the American tourist to the Cathedrals of Europe with descriptions written by writers such as: Theophile Gautier; Arthur Symonds; W.D. Sweeting; Victor Hugo; S. Sophia Beale; H.H. Bishop; Dean Spence; and others. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Since the arrival of Augustine in Kent in 597, Canterbury has been the very heart of the Church in England. The Saxon cathedral, much enlarged over the years, burnt down in 1067. Its replacement suffered a similar fate in 1174, to be rebuilt again. As a result, the modern visitor is presented with a confusing historical patchwork which needs some explanation. Eadmer the singer was an eyewitness to the demolition of the Anglo-Saxon cathedral and the construction of the new one by Archbishop Lanfranc. He also describes the building of Conrad's 'glorious choir' at the time of Archbishop Anselm. Gervase of Canterbury likewise describes the destruction of Lanfranc's church by fire in 1174 and the rebuilding by William of Sens and English William. Professor Willis connects these and other sources, such as William of Malmesbury and Matthew Paris, to his own acute observations, creating a vivid impression of the Saxon, Norman and later cathedral. The text is interspersed with many superb wood engravings which, in many cases, offer a clarity which is hard to achieve with photography. Robert Willis (1800-1875) was Jacksonian Professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge and lecturer in applied mechanics at the Metropolitan School of Science, Jermyn Street, London. He brought a new scientific rigour (but also an artistic eye) to the fields of archaology and architectural history.

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1894. Sancta Sophia is the most interesting building on the world's surface. Like Karnak in Egypt, or the Athenian Parthenon, it is one of the four great pinnacles of architecture, but unlike them this is no ruin, nor does it belong to a past world of constructive ideas although it precedes by seven hundred years the fourth culmination of the building art in Chartres, Amiens, or Bourges, and thus must ever stand as the Supreme monument of the Christian cycle. The attempt here is some disentanglement of the history of the Church and an analysis of its design and construction; on the one hand, we have been led a step or two into the labyrinth of Constantinopolian topography, on the other, we have thought that the great Church offers the best point of view for the observation of the Byzantine theory of building.