s, i. 84; decoration of, i. 281; faults of Gothic
profiles of, i. 285; spurs of, i. 286; beauty of, in St. Mark's, i.
290; Lombardie, i. 292; ought not to be richly decorated, i. 292;
general effect of, ii. 387.
Battlements, i. 162; abuse of, in ornamentation, i. 219.
Beauty and ornament, relation of the terms, i. 404.
Bellstones of capitals defined, i. 108.
Birds, use of in ornamentation, i. 234, ii. 140.
Bishops, their ancient authority, ii. 25.
Body, its relation to the soul, i. 41, 395.
Brackets, division of, i. 161; ridiculous forms of, i. 161.
Breadth in Byzantine design, ii. 133.
Brickwork, ornamental, i. 296; in general, ii. 241, 260, 261.
Brides of Venice, legend of the, iii. 113, 116.
Buttresses, general structure of, i. 166; flying, i. 192; supposed
sanctity of, i. 173.
Bull, symbolical use of, in representing rivers, i. 418, 421, 424.
Byzantine style, analysis of, ii. 75; ecclesiastical fitness of, ii.
97; centralization in, ii. 236; palaces built in, ii. 118; sculptures
in, ii. 137, 140.
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Candlemas, ancient symbols of, ii. 272.
Capitals, general structure of, i. 105; bells of, i. 107; just
proportions of, i. 114; various families of, i. 13, 65, 324, ii. 129,
iii. 231; are necessary to shafts in good architecture, i. 119;
Byzantine, ii. 131, iii. 231; Lily, of St. Mark's, ii. 137; of
Solomon's temple, ii. 137.
Care, how symbolized, ii. 348. See "Sorrow."
Caryatides, i. 302.
Castles, English, entrances of, i. 177.
Cathedrals, English, effect of, ii. 63.
Ceilings, old Venetian, ii. 280.
Centralization in design, ii. 237.
Chalet of Switzerland, its character, i. 203.
Chamfer defined, i. 263; varieties of, i. 262, 429.
Changefulness, an element of Gothic, ii. 172.
Charity, how symbolized, ii. 327, 339.
Chartreuse, Grande, morbid life in, iii. 190.
Chastity, how symbolized, ii. 328.
Cheerfulness, how symbolized, ii. 326, 348; virtue of, ii. 326.
Cherries, cultivation of, at Venice, ii. 361.
Christianity, how mingled with worldliness, iii. 109; how imperfectly
understood, iii. 168; influence of, in liberating workmen, ii. 159,
i. 243; influence of, on forms, i. 99.
Churches, wooden, of the North, i. 381; considered as ships, ii. 25;
decoration of, how far allowable, ii. 102.
Civilization, progress of, iii. 168; twofold danger of, iii. 169.
Classical literature, its effect on th
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