CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

PART II.—CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE.
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BOOK II.—ITALY.
 
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VII. Circular churches—Towers at Prato and Florence—Porches—Civic buildings—Town-halls—Venice—Doge’s Palace—Cà d’Oro—Conclusion 1
 
 
VIII. Sicily—Population of Sicily—The Saracens—Buildings at Palermo—Cathedral of Monreale—Cefalu—The Pointed Arch 22
 
IX. Gothic Architecture in Palestine—Church of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem—Churches at Abû Gosh and Lydda—Mosque at Hebron 32
 
 
BOOK III.—FRANCE.
 
I. Division of subject—Pointed arches—Provence—Churches at Avignon, Arles, Alet, Fontifroide, Maguelonne, Vienne—Circular churches—Towers—Cloisters 39
 
II. Aquitania—Churches at Périgueux, Souillac, Angoulême, Alby, Toulouse, Conques, Tours—Tombs  64
 
III. Anjou—Cathedral at Angers—Church at Fontevrault—Poitiers—Angiovine spires 81
 
IV. Auvergne—Church at Issoire—Clermont—Fortified Church at Royat 89
 
V. Burgundy—Church of St. Martin d’Ainay—Cathedral at le Puy-en-Velay—Abbeys of Tournus and Cluny—Cathedral of Autun—Church of St. Menoux  94
 
VI. Frankish Province—Exceptional buildings—Basse Œuvre, Beauvais—Montier-en-Der 104
 
VII. Normandy—Triapsal Churches—Churches at Caen—Intersecting Vaulting—Bayeux 110
 
VIII. Frankish Architecture—Historical notice—The pointed arch—Freemasonry—Mediæval architects 120
 
IX. French Gothic Cathedrals—Paris—Chartres—Rheims—Amiens—Other Cathedrals—Later style—St. Ouen’s, Rouen 130
 
X. Gothic details—Pillars—Windows—Circular Windows—Bays—Vaults—Buttresses—Pinnacles—Spires—Decoration—Construction—Furniture of Churches—Domestic architecture 161
 
 
BOOK IV.—BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.
 
I. Historical notice—Old Churches—Cathedral of Tournay—Antwerp—St. Jacques at Liège 187
 
II. Civil Architecture—Belfries—Hall at Ypres—Louvain—Brussels—Domestic architecture 199
 
III. Holland—Churches—Civil and Domestic Buildings 206
 
 
BOOK V.—GERMANY.
 
I. Introductory—Chronology and Historical notice 209
 
II. Basilicas—Plan of St. Gall—Church at Reichenau—Romain-Motier—Granson—Church at Gernrode—Trèves—Hildesheim—Cathedrals of Worms and Spires—Churches at Cologne—Other Churches and Chapels—Double Churches—Swiss Churches 213
 
III. Circular Churches—Aix-la-Chapelle—Nymwegen—Fulda—Bonn—Cobern 247
 
IV. Domestic Architecture—Lorsch—Palaces on the Wartburg—Gelnhausen—Houses—Windows 255
 
V. Pointed Style in Germany—History of style—St. Gereon, Cologne—Churches at Gelnhausen—Marburg—Cologne Cathedral—Freiburg—Strasburg—St. Stephen’s, Vienna—Nuremberg—Mühlhausen—Erfurt 264
 
VI. Circular Churches—Church Furniture—Civil Architecture—Town-hall at Brunswick 292
 
VII. Northern Germany—Brick Architecture—Churches at Lubeck—in Brandenburg—in Ermeland—Castle at Marienburg 302
 
 
BOOK VI.—SCANDINAVIA.
 
I. Sweden—Norway—Denmark—Gothland—Round Churches—Wooden Churches 313
 
 
BOOK VII.—ENGLAND.
 
I. Introductory 335
 
II. Saxon Architecture 341
 
III. English Mediæval Architecture—Plans of English Cathedral Churches—Vaults—Pier Arches—Window tracery—External Proportions—Diversity of Style—Situation—Chapter-Houses—Chapels—Parish Churches—Details—Tombs—Civil and Domestic Architecture 345
 
IV. Architecture of Scotland—Affinities of Style—Early Specimens—Cathedral of Glasgow—Elgin—Melrose—Other Churches—Monasteries 418
 
V. Ireland—Oratories—Round Towers—Domical Dwellings—Domestic Architecture—Runic Cross Decoration 443
 
 
BOOK VIII.—SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
 
I. Spain—Introductory 460
 
II. Romanesque Churches at Naranco, Roda, and Leon—Early Spanish Gothic: Churches at Santiago, Zamora, Toro, Avila, Salamanca, and Tarragona—Middle Pointed style: Churches at Toledo, Burgos, Leon, Barcelona, Manresa, Gerona, Seville—Late Gothic style: Churches at Segovia, Villena—Moresco style: Churches at Toledo, Ilescas, and Saragoza 464
 
III. Civil Architecture—Monastic Buildings—Municipal Buildings—Castles 502
 
IV. Portugal—Church of Batalha—Alcobaça—Belem 507
 
 
PART III.—SARACENIC AND ANCIENT AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE.
 
 
BOOK I.
 
I. Saracenic Architecture in Christian Countries; or, Byzantine Saracenic—Introduction 512
 
II. Syria and Egypt—Mosques at Jerusalem—El Aksah—Dome of the Rock—Mosque at Damascus—Egypt—Mosques at Cairo—Mosque at Kerouan—Other African buildings—Mecca 516
 
III. Spain—Introductory Remarks—Mosque at Cordoba—Palace at Zahra—Churches at Sta. Maria and Cristo de la Luz at Toledo—Giralda at Seville—Palace of the Alcazar—The Alhambra—Sicily  542
 
IV. Turkey—Mosques of Mahomet II.—Suleimanie and Ahmedjie Mosques—Mosques of Sultanas Validé, and of Osman III.—Civil and Domestic Architecture—Fountains, &c. 556
 
V. Persia—Historical notice—Tombs at Bagdad—Imaret at Erzeroum—Mosque at Tabreez—Tomb at Sultanieh—Bazaar at Ispahan—College of Husein Shah—Palaces and other Buildings—Turkestan 567
 
 
BOOK II.—ANCIENT AMERICA.
 
I. Introductory 583
 
II. Central America—Historical notice—Central American style—Temples—Palaces—Buildings at Palenque—Uxmal, &c. 589
 
III. Peru—Historical notice—Titicaca—Tombs—Walls of Cuzco, &c. 600