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409a. PRIOR, E. S., and GARDNER, ARTHUR. An account of medieval figure-sculpture in England, with 855 photographs. Cambridge, 1912.

410. RIVERS, A. H. L. F. PITT. Excavations in Cranborne chase [Bokerly, etc.]. 5 vols. (vol. v., index). [London], 1887-1905. 316 good plates.

411. SMITH, A. C. Guide to the British and Roman antiquities of the north Wiltshire downs. Marlborough College Nat. Hist. Soc. [Devizes], 1884.-2nd edition, Wiltsh. Archæol. and Nat. Hist. Soc., [Guildford], 1885.

Contains many valuable plates and maps.

412. *SMITH, C. R. Collectanea antiqua. 7 vols. London, 1848-80.

A valuable work, dealing with Celtic, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon remains. Contains many plates.

412a. STEPHENS, GEORGE. dinavia and England. 4 vols.

The Runic monuments of Scan-
London, etc., 1866-1901.

See also Wilhelm Victor, Die Northumbrischen Runensteine, Marburg, 1895, pp. 50.

413. STOKES, MARGARET. Early Christian art in Ireland. London, 1887; reprinted, 1894.

Deals with illuminations, metal-work, sculpture, architecture, etc.

414. Vetusta monumenta. Soc. of Antiq. of London. 7

vols. London, 1747-1906.-Indexes, 2 vols., 1810-97.

A fine series of large plates, including castles, abbeys, tombs, seals, swords, the Bayeux tapestry, etc.

415. WAKEMAN, W. F. Archæologia Hiberniæ : a handbook of Irish antiquities. Dublin, 1848.-3rd edition, by John Cooke, 1903.

416. WARNE, CHARLES. Ancient Dorset: the Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Danish antiquities. Bournemouth, 1872.

417. WESTWOOD, J. O. Lapidarium Walliæ: the early inscribed and sculptured stones of Wales. Cambrian Archæol. Assoc. Oxford, 1876-79. 10r valuable plates.

418. WOOD-MARTIN, W. G. Pagan Ireland: a handbook of Irish pre-Christian antiquities. London, etc., 1895.

Bibliography of papers and works, 597–650. Valuable.

419. WRIGHT, THOMAS. Louthiana: an introduction to the antiquities of Ireland. 3 pts. London, 1748; 2nd edition, 1758. The plates illustrating early mounds and castles are valuable.

420.

The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon, illustrated. by ancient remains. London, 1852; 4th edition, 1885.

b. ARCHITECTURE.

M. H. Bloxam's Principles of Gothic Architecture, 11th edition, 1882, Joseph Gwilt's Encyclopædia of Architecture, new edition, 1894, and Edmund Sharpe's Seven Periods of English Architecture, 2nd edition, 1871, contain good short accounts of the history of architecture. Camille Enlart's valuable Manuel de l'Archéologie Française, vols. i.-ii., Paris, 1902-04, has many references to English cathedrals, etc. Russell Sturgis's Dictionary of Architecture (No. 439a), is a useful book of reference. There are numerous sections on architecture in the Victoria county histories (No. 839).

421. Catalogue of the Avery architectural library: a memorial library of architecture, archæology, and decorative art. Columbia College, New York, 1895.—Catalogue of the books relating to architecture, construction, and decoration in the Boston public library, Nov. 1, 1894. Boston, 1894.-Catalogue of works on architecture in the libraries of Manchester and Salford. Manchester, 1909.

422. ADDY, S. O. The evolution of the English house. London, etc., 1898.

422a. ARMITAGE, E. S. The early Norman castles of the British isles. London, 1912.

Expanded from papers in the English Historical Review, 1904–05, the Antiquary, 1906, etc.

423. *BOND, FRANCIS. Gothic architecture in England. London, 1905.-Introduction to English church architecture. 2 vols. London, etc., 1913.

Good works on the subject.

424. BRASH, R. R. The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland to the close of the twelfth century. Dublin, 1875. 54 plates.

425. BROWN, G. B. The arts in early England [to 1066]. 2 vols. London, 1903.

Vol. i. The life of Saxon England. | Vol. ii. Ecclesiastical architecture. Valuable. The best work on pre-Norman church architecture.

426. *CLARK, G. T. Medieval military architecture in England. 2 vols. London, 1884.

Valuable; still the best work on the subject, though some of his theories are now discredited. See No. 819; Quarterly Review, 1894, clxxix. 27-57; A. H. Thompson, Military Architecture in England during the Middle Ages, London, 1912; and No. 435a.

427. Dictionary of architecture, issued by the Architectural Publication Society. Text, 8 vols.; plates, 3 vols. London, [1853]-92.

The best dictionary.

428. FERGUSSON, JAMES. A history of architecture in all countries. 2 vols. London, 1865-67; 3rd edition, 5 vols.,

1891-93.

The best general history of architecture in English.

429. FILES, G. T. The Anglo-Saxon house. Leipsic, 1893. pp. 65.

430. FREEMAN, E. A. History of the cathedral church of Wells, as illustrating the history of the cathedral churches of the old foundation. London, 1870.

See also his History of the Norman Conquest, vol. v. ch. xxvi., for a good account of the Norman Romanesque.

431. MOORE, C. H. The development and character of Gothic architecture. London, etc., 1890; 2nd edition, 1899; reprinted, 1904.-The medieval church architecture of England. London, 1912.

432. PARKER, J. H. A glossary of terms used in architecture. Oxford, 1836; 5th edition (text, I vol., plates, 2 vols.), 1850.

433. [-] An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture. Oxford, etc., 1849; 6th edition, 1881.

A good brief account.

434. PETRIE, GEORGE. The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion: an essay on the round towers of Ireland. 2nd edition. Dublin, 1845.

The 1st edition of this scholarly work, which seems to be identical with the 2nd, was published in the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, 1845, vol. xx.

434a. PRIOR, E. S. A history of Gothic art in England. London, 1900.

435. RICKMAN, THOMAS. An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England. Liverpool, 1817; 7th edition, Oxford, 1881.

435a. ROUND, J. H. English castles. Quarterly Review, clxxix. 27-57. London, 1894.-The castles of the Conquest. Soc. of Antiq. of London, Archæologia, lviii. 313–40. London, 1902.

See also his Geoffrey de Mandeville (No. 2828), 328-46; W. H. St. John Hope, English Fortresses and Castles, Royal Archæol. Institute of Great Britain, Archæol. Journal, 1903, lx. 72-90; T. D. Pryce, Earthworks of the Moated Mound Type, British Archæol. Assoc., Journal, new series, 1906, xii. 231-68; and Nos. 409, 440a, 940a. Round, Neilson (No. 409), Hope, Armitage, and Orpen (No. 940a) contend that the motes (moated mounds crowned by timber palisades) which played so large a part in the Norman conquest of England were of Norman origin; and this view is now generally accepted, against Clark (No. 426), who believes that they originated before the eleventh century, and Pryce and Westropp (No. 440a), who think that many of them are pre-Norman.

436. *RUPRICH-ROBERT, VICTOR. L'architecture normande en Normandie et en Angleterre. 2 vols. Paris, [1884-89]. The best treatise on this subject. Bibliography, i. 253-79.

437. SCOTT, G. G. (the elder). Lectures on the rise and development of medieval architecture. 2 vols. London, 1878-79.

438. SCOTT, G. G. (the younger). Essay on the history of English church architecture, with numerous illustrations. London, 1881; reprinted, 1901.

438a. SIMPSON, F. M. A history of architectural development. 3 vols. London, etc., 1905-11; reprinted, 1913.

Vol. ii. Medieval.

439. STOKES, MARGARET. Early Christian architecture in Ireland. London, 1878. 52 plates.

Deals with forts, church towers, the Romanesque of Ireland, etc.

439a. STURGIS, RUSSELL. A dictionary of architecture. 3 vols. New York, etc., 1901-02.

Valuable.

440. Turner, T. H. [and PARKER, J. H.] Some account of domestic architecture in England. 3 vols. in 4. Oxford, etc., 1851-59.

Valuable.

440a. WESTROPP, T. J. The ancient forts of Ireland. Royal Irish Academy, Trans., xxxi. 579-730. Dublin, etc., 1902.

See also his Ancient Castles of the County of Limerick, Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings, 1907, xxvi. 55-108, 143-264; and his Irish Motes and Early Norman Castles, Royal Soc. of Antiq. of Ireland, Journal, 190506, xxxiv. 313-45, xxxv. 402-6. For references to valuable papers on this subject by G. H. Orpen, see his Ireland under the Normans (No. 940a), i. 342-3, note; of these papers his Mote and Bretesche Building in Ireland, English Hist. Review, xxi. 417-44, is particularly valuable. At the end of vol. ii. Orpen prints a map showing the distribution of motes in Ireland. Cf. No. 435a.

441. WILLIS, ROBERT. The architectural history of Canterbury cathedral. London, etc., 1845.

An excellent little book. Willis also wrote good short accounts of the architectural history of York cathedral, 1848, and Glastonbury abbey, 1866. See also his Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of the Monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent Archæol. Soc., Archæologia Cantiana, 1868, vii. 1-206.

c. COSTUME, ARMOUR, AND WEAPONS.

For very valuable plates illustrating costume, armour, etc., see C. A. Stothard, Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, London, 1817; Thomas and George Hollis, Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, [Westminster, 1840-42]; H. W. Lonsdale and E. J. Tarver, Illustrations of Medieval Costume, London, 1874. See also Nos. 270, 399, 400, 405a.

442. A list of books and photographs in the national art library, South Kensington museum, illustrating armour and weapons. London, 1883. pp. 68.

443. A list of works on costume in the national art library, South Kensington museum. London, 1881. pp. 70.

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