Temples, ancient and modern : or, Notes on church architecture (1837)
Bardwell, Wm. (William) · London : Printed for the author · leaf 220
e edifice became one perforated screen of rich tracery, " Closy'd well with roial glas, Fulfilled it was with ymagery." " The illumined pane Shed the dim blaze of radiance richly clear." " And the sun Streamed through the storied window's holy hue." That the rage for stained glass was one of the… … There is a strange deficiency of terms in the vocabulary of those gentlemen who have attempted a classification of the various styles of what I have ventured to call Catholic architecture; the word "decorated," presents no distinct idea of the contemporary geometrical and floral tracery, which pre-…
Church architecture · Temples
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