Ornament + History

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ENGLISH GOTHIC: Fan vaulting, 1263-84. The chapter house of the Salisbury Cathedral holds England's Magna Carta. Look for the location of this small building in the photo of the whole abbey complex.
Gloucester Cathedral - cloisters
Amazing - Gloucester Cathedral, England.
Images Nidaros Cathedral Stained glass 11100
Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim: the rose window... my ancestors built this church. It is the state church and coronation church of Norway. I've spent hundreds of hours sitting quietly in this beautiful cathedral <3
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Gothic architecture (1742) Author: Langley, Batty Subject: Architecture; Architecture, Gothic; Architecture, English; Architecture Publisher: London : Printed for I. & J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, Holborn Year: 1742
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From: Gothic Architecture: 158 Plates from the Brandons' Treatise, 1847
The Geometry of God: The Striking Kaleidoscopic Patterns of European Cathedral Ceilings
intersection of art and mathematics, flattening the vaulted ceilings and distilling them to their essential shapes, recurring fractal-like patterns, and intricate detailing