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Add MS 6763
- Record Id:
- 032-003442826
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442826
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x00053d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6763
- Title:
- Observations, etc., on architecture
- Scope & Content:
-
In quarto, ff. 69, containing:
1. Observations upon the decline of architecture in Italy after the age of Augustus, upon the introduction of the art into England, and its division into various styles; apparently the outlines of an intended history of gothic architecture. ff. 1-16b.
2. Remarks on columns, chiefly in Hebrew and Egyptian architecture (with figures). ff. 17-20b.
3. Remarks on pointed arches (with figures). ff. 21-28.
4. Remarks on gothic windows (with figures). ff. 29-35b.
5. Remarks on niches and buttresses (with figures). ff. 36-43.
6. Observations upon the architecture of the Moorish buildings in Spain. ff. 44-46.
7. Observations upon the origin, etc., of pointed arches (with figures). ff. 47-61.
8. Notes upon architecture, especially gothic. ff. 62, 63.
9. Short observations upon the perspective of architecture. f. 64.
10. Extracts from Whitaker’s [Rev. John Whitaker] History of Manchester. ff. 65-69b.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003442826", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 6763: Observations, etc., on architecture" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442826
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442826
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (63 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1774
- End Date:
- 1783
- Date Range:
- 1774-1783
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Quarto
- Custodial History:
- Add MS 6760 to Add MS 6773, and Add MS 6776, contain the collections of James Essex, architect, of Cambridge, and form a part of the legacy of Thomas Kerrich. Add MS 6728 to Add MS 6776, inclusive, were bequeathed by Rev. Thomas Kerrich, Keeper of the Pub
- Publications:
- Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, volume 4, (1777)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
- Related Material:
- Add MS 6761; Lambarde, William, A perambulation of Kent (1576)