Architectura canonica, or, Canons for church architecture : comprising observations thereon, plans, sketches, and illustrations ... with an epistle explanatory to Her Majesty's commissioners for building churches & chapels in Great Britain, Ireland and the colonies
Architectura canonica is an 1843 London treatise on church building, written under the pseudonym Ignotus and published by Rivington for the commissioners overseeing church and chapel construction in Britain, Ireland and the colonies. The four pictures are pure ornament: borders and frames of interlocking key fret, scrolling acanthus, spiral and heart-shaped strapwork, and a circular cartouche with foliate sprays, all in crisp black line that a designer could adapt for bands, panels or wall decoration.
