FOBO - Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (page 2/3)

Front Cover, Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

The book was bound with quarter-leather at one time. [$]

Title Page, Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

Architecture
Gothic and Renaissance [more...] [$]

A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the [more...] [$]

Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval Birds

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs. [more...] [$]

7.—House of Jacques Cœur at Bourges (Begun 1443)

“‘Second only in importance to the churches and religious buildings come the military and domestic buildings of the Gothic period (Fig. 7).” [more...] [$]

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