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Title: The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.

Author: Matthew Holbeche Bloxam

Release Date: November 8, 2006 [EBook #19737]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Note

A number of typographical errors found in the original text have been
maintained in this version. They are marked in the text with a [TN-#].
A description of each error is found in the complete list at the end of
the text.

The oe ligatures used in the original text have been expanded to "oe"
in this version.

The following codes are used for characters which cannot be represented
in the character set used for this version of the book.

[=mn] mn with a macron over the two letters
[=om] om with a macron over the two letters
[=on] on with a macron over the two letters
[=re] re with a macron over the two letters

Some footnotes in the original were marked with a dagger. The dagger
is represented by a + in this version of the text.

"Whereby may be discerned that so fervent was the zeal of those
elder times to God's service and honour, that they freely endowed
the church with some part of their possessions; and that in those
good works even the meaner sort of men, as well as the pious
founders, were not backwards."

Dugdale's Antiq. Warwickshire.

[Illustration]

THE

PRINCIPLES

OF

GOTHIC

ECCLESIASTICAL

ARCHITECTURE,

ELUCIDATED BY QUESTION AND ANSWER.

BY
MATTHEW HOLBECHE BLOXAM.

FOURTH EDITION.

OXFORD:
JOHN HENRY PARKER.

PREFACE.

In revising this Work for a Fourth Edition several alterations have been
made, especially