A History of Architecture in All Countries, Volume 2, 3rd ed.: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayFergusson, James
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A History of Architecture in All Countries, Volume 2, 3rd ed.: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Fergusson, James
Architecture -- History
III. ENGLISH MEDIÆVAL ARCHITECTURE—Plans of English 345
Cathedral Churches—Vaults—Pier Arches—Window tracery—
External Proportions—Diversity of Style—Situation—
Chapter-Houses—Chapels—Parish Churches—Details—Tombs—Civil
and Domestic Architecture
IV. ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND—Affinities of Style—Early 418
Specimens—Cathedral of Glasgow—Elgin—Melrose—Other
Churches—Monasteries
V. IRELAND—Oratories—Round Towers—Domical Dwellings—Domestic 443
Architecture—Runic Cross Decoration
BOOK VIII.—SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
I. SPAIN—INTRODUCTORY 460
II. Romanesque Churches at Naranco, Roda, and Leon—Early 464
Spanish Gothic: Churches at Santiago, Zamora, Toro, Avila,
Salamanca, and Tarragona—Middle Pointed style: Churches at
Toledo, Burgos, Leon, Barcelona, Manresa, Gerona, Seville—
Late Gothic style: Churches at Segovia, Villena—Moresco
style: Churches at Toledo, Ilescas, and Saragoza
III. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE—Monastic Buildings—Municipal 502
Buildings—Castles
IV. PORTUGAL—Church of Batalha—Alcobaça—Belem 507
PART III.—SARACENIC AND ANCIENT AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE.
BOOK I.
I. SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE IN CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES; OR, 512
BYZANTINE SARACENIC—Introduction
II. SYRIA AND EGYPT—Mosques at Jerusalem—El Aksah—Dome of 516
the Rock—Mosque at Damascus—Egypt—Mosques at Cairo—Mosque
at Kerouan—Other African buildings—Mecca
III. SPAIN—Introductory Remarks—Mosque at Cordoba—Palace at 542
Zahra—Churches at Sta. Maria and Cristo de la Luz at
Toledo—Giralda at Seville—Palace of the Alcazar—The
Alhambra—Sicily
IV. TURKEY—Mosques of Mahomet II.—Suleimanie and Ahmedjie 556
Mosques—Mosques of Sultanas Validé, and of Osman III.—
Civil and Domestic Architecture—Fountains, &c.
V. PERSIA—Historical notice—Tombs at Bagdad—Imaret at 567
Erzeroum—Mosque at Tabreez—Tomb at Sultanieh—Bazaar at
Ispahan—College of Husein Shah—Palaces and other
Buildings—Turkestan
BOOK II.—ANCIENT AMERICA.
I. INTRODUCTORY 583
II. CENTRAL AMERICA—Historical notice—Central American 589
style—Temples—Palaces—Buildings at Palenque—Uxmal, &c.
III. PERU—Historical notice—Titicaca—Tombs—Walls of Cuzco, 600
&c.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
NO. PAGE
_Frontispiece._—Portal of the Convent at Belem, near Lisbon.
_Vignette to Title-page._—Façade of Church at Tourmanin.
_Frontispiece to Part II._ (continued).—View of Cologne
Cathedral xvi
513. Plan of Baptistery, Parma 2
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