A Glossary of Terms Used in English Architecture
A Glossary of Terms Used in English Architecture
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Generally the head rests on a pillow or on a tilting- helmet. The hands are raised or joined in prayer, or occasionally in late figures are parted as if meant to suggest ecstasy. In the twelfth and thirteenth centu- ries the figures of knights have the legs crossed a conventional attitude having no reference to crusades as is sometimes supposed.
The figures are generally cut in stone, but some of the early examples are of Purbeck marble. Some of the greatest, such as those of Henry III. And Que...en Eleanor, the wife of Edward I. (superb works by the Englishman William Torel), were cast in bronze and gilt. The figure of William de Valence (1296) is of oak covered with thin plates of copper, engraved and enamelled a work probably of Limoges, for " the artistic execution of the figure is very much worse than would have been the case in England in 12. Q6" (BU. ). The effigy of Henry V. Was of oak overlaid with silver. There are some few effigies remaining of plain oak ; it is said that after 1 280 they were as common as stone, but that their use was discontinued about fifty years later (PH.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Generally the head rests on a pillow or on a tilting- helmet. The hands are raised or joined in prayer, or occasionally in late figures are parted as if meant to suggest ecstasy. In the twelfth and thirteenth centu- ries the figures of knights have the legs crossed a conventional attitude having no reference to crusades as is sometimes supposed.
The figures are generally cut in stone, but some of the early examples are of Purbeck marble. Some of the greatest, such as those of Henry III. And Que...en Eleanor, the wife of Edward I. (superb works by the Englishman William Torel), were cast in bronze and gilt. The figure of William de Valence (1296) is of oak covered with thin plates of copper, engraved and enamelled a work probably of Limoges, for " the artistic execution of the figure is very much worse than would have been the case in England in 12. Q6" (BU. ). The effigy of Henry V. Was of oak overlaid with silver. There are some few effigies remaining of plain oak ; it is said that after 1 280 they were as common as stone, but that their use was discontinued about fifty years later (PH.
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