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1.  The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See / Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur), 1868-1924
   vestiges of flying buttresses. It is uncertain whether these were merely intended when a stone vault ... of a wooden vault, were allowed to fall into disrepair. There are no flying buttresses on the north side  details...
   • creator(s) - Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur), 1868-1924
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   • subject(s) - nave; minster; choir; clerestory; transept; triforium; transepts; archbishop; aisle; buttresses; canterbury; shafts; north transept; tracery; arches; york; vault; south transept; aisles; bishop; arch; norman; cathedral; clerestory windows; tomb; bays; pur; arches; arch; tomb; cathedral; south transept; nave; vault; pur; transept; clerestory windows; north transept; york; triforium; shafts; aisles; buttresses; transepts; norman; archbishop; tracery; choir; aisle; bishop; canterbury; minster; bays; clerestory;
   • title - The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See
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2.  The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. / Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, 1805-1888
   pilaster buttresses, was now laid aside; and the pointed arch, supported by more slender piers, with walls strengthened with graduating buttresses, of less width but of greater projection, were universally substituted ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, 1805-1888
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   • subject(s) - norman; church; arch; arches; fifteenth century; century; churches; thirteenth century; semicircular arches; communion table; norman style; fourteenth century; twelfth century; arches; arch; semicircular arches; communion table; church; fifteenth century; century; fourteenth century; twelfth century; norman; norman style; churches; thirteenth century;
   • title - The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.
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3.  Its Medieval Remains / Woodhouse, Frederick W.
   buttresses had lost so large a proportion of their substance not far above ground that they appeared to hang ... that the total height is 300 feet,[5] the plan (exclusive of buttresses) is 30 feet square  details...
   • creator(s) - Woodhouse, Frederick W.
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   • subject(s) - nave; coventry; chapel; chancel; church; aisle; tower; holy trinity; corpus christi; lady chapel; north aisle; south; north; tower; nave; north; chapel; south; holy trinity; church; lady chapel; north aisle; corpus christi; coventry; chancel; aisle;
   • title - Its Medieval Remains
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4.  a Short History of the Abbey / Perkins, Thomas, 1842-1907
   on the south side outwards, after the buildings which had acted as buttresses had been removed. One piece ... for the first time feel a sense of disappointment. The church has no far-projecting buttresses to give light  details...
   • creator(s) - Perkins, Thomas, 1842-1907
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   • subject(s) - abbot; lord grimthorpe; albans; grimthorpe; abbey; nave; transept; aisle; chapel; choir; norman; church; lady chapel; south; shrine; lord grimthorpe's; tower; south aisle; north; north aisle; west; abbot john; gilbert scott; built; john; tower; abbey; nave; north; chapel; south; john; abbot john; built; transept; abbot; church; grimthorpe; lady chapel; lord grimthorpe; north aisle; norman; west; albans; choir; aisle; lord grimthorpe's; south aisle; shrine; gilbert scott;
   • title - a Short History of the Abbey
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5.  Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings / Perkins, Thomas, 1842-1907
   tower has no buttresses, but the western has an octagonal buttress at each corner, and these decrease ... of the buttresses in the body of the church is noteworthy; save at the angles there are only five--namely, two  details...
   • creator(s) - Perkins, Thomas, 1842-1907
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   • subject(s) - transept; nave; wimborne; choir; norman; aisle; christchurch; chantry; clerestory; wimborne minster; minster; christchurch priory; north transept; tower; choir aisle; south transept; chapel; priory; aisles; arches; north; east; south; church; purbeck marb; arches; tower; south transept; nave; north; chapel; chantry; south; transept; east; north transept; priory; wimborne; choir aisle; church; aisles; purbeck marb; norman; christchurch; choir; aisle; christchurch priory; minster; wimborne minster; clerestory;
   • title - Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings
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6.  Westminster Abbey / Irving, Washington
   these grave-stones, I was roused by the sound of the abbey clock, reverberating from buttress to buttress ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Irving, Washington
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   • subject(s) - abbey; cloisters; tomb; sepulchre; tombs; vaults; effigies; sepulchres; monuments; monument; aisles; chapel; pomp; inscriptions; gothic; westminster; distant; gloomy; dust; chapels; casual; tread; arches; deeper; american literature; arches; tomb; inscriptions; dust; tombs; abbey; chapel; casual; gloomy; sepulchres; pomp; tread; sepulchre; aisles; monuments; distant; cloisters; chapels; vaults; monument; american literature; gothic; effigies; westminster; deeper;
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7.  The Shadow of the Cathedral / áñez, Vicente, 1867-1928
   , shut in by the two tower-like buttresses which divided the front into three parts. Beyond, two rows ... , with its rough buttresses of dark granite, in the chinks of which the rain had left an efflorescence of fungus  details...
   • creator(s) - áñez, Vicente, 1867-1928
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   • subject(s) - gabriel; cathedral; luna; toledo; cloister; spain; church; upper cloister; toledo; cathedral; luna; spain; gabriel; upper cloister; church; cloister;
   • title - The Shadow of the Cathedral
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8.  Somerset /
   (cp. Brympton and Chilthorne Domer) which is supported by a massive buttress in the middle of the W ... buttresses. The figure on the W. face of the tower is supposed to be Henry VI. or Henry VII., that on the E  details...
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   • subject(s) - perp; chancel; norm; piscina; church; tower; village; chapel; parish; cent; chancel arch; station; nearest stat; jacobean pulpit; manor house; shepton mallet; tower; chapel; village; cent; parish; jacobean pulpit; church; piscina; norm; chancel arch; shepton mallet; station; chancel; manor house; perp; nearest stat;
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9.  Normandy, Illustrated, Part 2 / Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
   of St Pierre. Where the stone-work has stopped short the buttresses are roofed with the quaintest semi ... of tiled roofing to the buttresses at the western ends of the aisles and these also add colour  details...
   • creator(s) - Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
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   • subject(s) - castle; church; century; castle; church; century;
   • title - Normandy, Illustrated, Part 2
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10.  Normandy, Illustrated, Complete / Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
    to the fifteenth century. The porch which is, if possible, richer than the buttresses of the aisles, belongs ... that are all dark beneath the shadow of a cloud. The stone of the towers and heavily buttressed walls appears almost  details...
    • creator(s) - Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
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    • subject(s) - normandy; castle; church; century; fifteenth century; castle; church; normandy; fifteenth century; century;
    • title - Normandy, Illustrated, Complete
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