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Frontispiece. Plate I. Columns and Buttresses II. Ancient and Modern Masonry ,. III. Metal-W ork .... IV. Ornamental I ron-W ork v. Almery in a Reliquary Chamber .VI. Ancient and Modem Roofs. .. VII. Gable Ends A ncient, o. VIII. Ancient Wood-W ork IX. General Prospect of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford to Jace p. 317 19 20 28 30 34 34 43 LIST OF VIGNETTES. Flying Buttresses ..... Bulbous Covering orS teeple, in the deb,ased styleS piral Covering orS teeple, in the Christian style .S tone Tracery ....... New Sheffield Pattern for a modem Castellated Grate Patterns of Brumagem Gothic ..... Ancient Curtaiu Hangings ..... Modem Upholstery ...... Ancient Pyx ...... Ceiling of an old house at Long Melford Ceiling of an old house at Antwerp Ceiling of the Clopton Chauntiy, Long Melford EK nm-e of ornamented construction in a.n ancient timher bouse .I llustration of the extravagant style of Modem Gothic Furniture and Decoration Street Elevation andS ide Perspective .... Modem Chm ch Towers ..... Christian Church ...... Modern style of Greek Architecture .... Old Collegiate Building ..... Misapphcation of I talian, Swiss, and Hindoo Architecture Further examples of misapplied Architecture Further examples ...... Modern Castellated Mansion .- Old EngU sh Mansion ...... Small Buttress Large Buttress, subdivided in parts Illustration of the different effects of scale produced by large or small sfcituea in the same space .....
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