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The obligation of Christians to beautify and adorn their churches; shewn From the Authority of the Holy Scriptures, from the Practice of the Primitive Church, and from the Discipline of the Church of England Established by Law. By Mr. Lewis.
Lewis, Thomas, 1689-1749?.Date: 1721- Books
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The ornaments of churches considered, with a particular view to the late decoration of the parish church of St. Margaret Westminster. To which is subjoined, an appendix, containing, the history of the said church; an account of the altar-piece, and stained glass window erected over it; a state of the prosecution it has occasioned; and other papers.
Hole, William, 1710-1791.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
Wood carvings in English churches.
Date: 1910-- Books
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The romance of symbolism and its relation to church ornament and architecture / by Sidney Heath.
Heath, Sidney, 1872-Date: 1909- Pictures
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Procession inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.
Pâris, Edmond, 1806-1893.Date: [1862]Reference: 38010iPart of: Souvenirs de Jérusalem- Pictures
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Stone of Unction within the Greek chapel, Jerusalem. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.
Pâris, Edmond, 1806-1893.Date: [1862]Reference: 37885iPart of: Souvenirs de Jérusalem- Books
Saints and their emblems in English churches / [R.L.P. Milburn].
Milburn, R. L. P. (Robert Leslie Pollington), 1907-2000.Date: 1957- Pictures
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Dome of the Rock in the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.
Pâris, Edmond, 1806-1893.Date: [1862]Reference: 38237iPart of: Souvenirs de Jérusalem- Pictures
God dividing light from darkness, pictured in its decorative surroundings in the Loggie of the Vatican. Engraving by J. Ottaviani, 1776, after C. Savorelli and P. Camporesi, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: 1776Reference: 20651iPart of: Ornati dei pilastri e delle volte- Books
Chiesa di San Giobbe : arte e devozione / testi di Andrea Gallo, Giovanna Nepi Scirè.
Gallo, Andrea.Date: [1994], ©1994- Books
Chiesa di San Sebastiano : arte e devozione / testi di Adriana Augusti Ruggeri, Simona Savini Branca.
Augusti Ruggeri, Adriana.Date: [1994], ©1994- Books
Chiesa del Redentore : arte e devozione / testi di Andrea Gallo, Fiorella Spadavecchia.
Gallo, Andrea.Date: [1994], ©1994- Pictures
The Foundling Hospital: the interior of the chapel. Wood engraving by [W. H.] after [L. L.].
Reference: 37605i- Books
Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture / [Arthur H. Collins].
Collins, Arthur H.Date: 1913- Pictures
Painting of the Dormition of Mary in stone relief. Lithograph.
Reference: 21527i- Books
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The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste. Including a great Variety of Chairs, Sofas, Beds, and Couches; China-Tables, Dressing-Tables, Shaving-Tables, Bason-Stands, and Teakettle-Stands; Frames for Marble-Slabs, Bureau-Dressing-Tables, and Commodes; Writing-Tables, and Library-Tables; Library-Book-Cases, Organ-Cases for private Rooms, or Churches, Desks, and Book-Cases; Dressing and Writing-Tables with Book-Cases, Toilets, Cabinets, and Cloaths-Presses; China-Cases, China-Shelves, and Book-Shelves; Candle-Stands, Terms for Busts, Stands for China Jars, and Pedestals; Cisterns for Water, Lanthorns, and Chandeliers; Fire-Screens, Brackets, and Clock-Cases; Pier-Glasses, and Table-Frames; Girandoles, Chimney-Pieces, and Picture-Frames; Stove-Grates, Boarders, Frets, Chinese-Railing, and Brass-Work, for Furniture. And Other Ornaments. To which is Prefixed. A Short Explanation of the Five Orders of Architecture; with Proper Directions for executing the most difficult Pieces, the Mouldings being exhibited at large, and the Dimensions of each Design specified. The Whole comprehended in Two Hundred Copper-Plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present Taste, and suited to the Fancy and Circumstances of Persons in all Degrees of Life. By Thomas Chippendale, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer, in St. Martin's Lane, London.
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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The case concerning setting up images or painting of them in churches, writ by the learned Dr. Thomas Barlow late Bishop of Lincoln, upon his suffering such Images to be defaced in his Diocess; wherein it is Disapproved and Condemned by the Statutes and Ecclesiastical Laws of this Kingdom, and the Book of Homilies, &c. Published upon occasion of a painting set up in White-Chappel church.
Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691.Date: 1714- Pictures
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St Bartholomew the Great, London: the western entrance, in a ruined state. Wood engraving by J. Brown.
Reference: 24250i- Books
Pflanzenmalereien in drei unterfränkischen Kirchen : Ikonographie, Kunstgeschichte und aktuelle Bedeutung in Bezug auf die Entwicklung von Medizin und Pharmazie / Wolfgang Schiedermair.
Schiedermair, Wolfgang.Date: 2007- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the Chapel. Engraving by Page.
Reference: 29951i- Books
La Chiesa di San Rocco in Ascoli Satriano / Guiseppe d'Arcangelo.
D'Arcangelo, Giuseppe.Date: [2005], ©2005- Books
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The theory and practice of gardening: wherein is fully handled all that relates to fine gardens, As Parterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens, &c. containing divers plans, and general dispositions of gardens; new Designs of Parterres, Groves, Grass-Plots, Mazes, Banqueting-Rooms, Galleries, Portico's, and Summer-Houses of Arbor-Work; Terrasses, Stairs, Fountains, Cascades, and the like Ornaments, of Use in the Decoration and Embellishment of Gardens. With The Manner of laying out the Ground, cutting the Terrasses, and of Drawing and Executing all sorts of Designs, according to the Principles of Geometry. The Method of Planting, and Raising, in little time, all the Plants requisite in Fine Gardens. Also That of discovering Water, conveying it into Gardens, and of making Basons and Fountains for the same. Together with Remarks and general Rules in all that concerns the Art of Gardening. Done from the French original, printed at Paris, anno 1709. By John James of Greenwich.
Dézallier d'Argenville, A.-J. (Antoine-Joseph), 1680-1765.Date: MDCCXII. [1712]- Pictures
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Noah, drunk and naked, being covered in a garment by his sons, Shem and Japheth; with a border of naked men holding medallions. Halftone after Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.Reference: 26516i- Books
Santa Maria delle Grazie in Piove di Sacco / Paolo Tieto.
Tieto, Paolo.Date: [1992], ©1992- Books
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The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs: or the art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-Six Copper-Plates, for Piers, Gates, Doors, Windows, Niches, Buffets, Cisterns, Chimney-Pieces, Tabernacle-Frames, Pavements, Frets, Gulochi's, Pulpits, Types, Altar-Pieces, Monuments, Fonts, Obelisques, Pedestals, for Sun-Dials, Busto's, and Stone Tables, Book Cases, Cielings, and Iron Works. Proportioned by Aliquot Parts. With an Appendix of Fourteen Plates of Trusses for Girders and Beams, different Sorts of Rafters, and a Variety of Roofs, &c. To which are prefixed, The Five Orders of Columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose Members are proportioned by Aliquot Parts, in a more easy Manner than has yet been done. The Whole interspersed With sure Rules for working all the Varieties of Raking Members in Pediments, Modillions, &c. The like, for the immediate Use of Workmen, never published before, in any Language. By B.L.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1770