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Title: Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842
Subjects: Classical antiquities Civilization, Medieval
Publisher: London : M. A. Nattali
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ived, much timber being need-lessly lavished upon them. But nowmany most regular pieces of Architec-ture were erected. ^ The Colleges atthe Universities present fine specimensof buildings in these seras. InigoJones introduced long majestic man-sions for the gentry. Baumes atHackney, built by Sir George Whit-more, Mho died in 1654, square, witha high Dutch roof, is a curious remain,but not more so than many others tobe seen in different Comities, andenumerated in the Britannia of Messrs.Lysons. PARTS OF BUILDINGS. Ceilings were the most valued orna-ments of Celtick and Northern palaces,and contained the memorable acts ofthe person and his ancestors. Our ^ Evelyns Miscall. 419, 420. y In an outer ward of Pembroke Castle, saysLeland, I saw the chambre whir King HenryVII. was born in, in knowledge of which a chim-meney is new made, with the arms and badges ofHenry VII. Thomass Owen Glyndwr, pji. 194,195. ■ Lysonss Envir. ii. 402. Church Hist. b.ix. p. 188. Engrared, Lysonss Envii. v. ii
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ARCHITECTURE OF THE BRITONS, ANGLO-SAXONS, &C. 139 azure Church Ceilings of wood withstars occur in ancient crypts. Thoseof wood painted, or plaster, in panels,or compartments, are common. Aceiling of the choir of St. Marys,Stamford, of the date of 1467,is black,and arched with painted and gilt latticework, having, on the point of eachintersection, carvings of grotesqueheads, animals, trees, and other devices,all gilt. A star in the centre, and aleaf at each of the corners of thediamonds, formed by the cross woodwork, are also gilt. Ceilings next tothe tiles, in upper chambers, are withinthe last century. <= Sir R. C. Hoare, inhis Hundred of Mere, has engraveda fine ceiling of oak in pattern, at theChurch of Mere; and at St. MarysHall, in Coventry, was another of oak,ornamented with carved figvires, and acornice of vine-leaves, as in rood-lofts.^Cellars. Cellarium was a genericalterm for granaries, cellars, wardrobes,&c. The wine-cellar discovered atHerculaneum was a cave,

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