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LEADWORK
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“That which gives to the leadwork of the MiddleAges a particular charm is that the means theyemployed and the forms they adopted are exactlyappropriate to the material. Like Carpentry orCabinet work, Plumbing was an art apart whichborrowed neither from stone nor wood in its design.Mediæval lead was wrought like colossal goldsmith’swork.”—VIOLLET-LE-DUC.
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LEADWORK
OLD AND ORNAMENTAL
AND FOR THE MOST PART
ENGLISH. BY W. R. LETHABY
WITH ILLVSTRATIONS
1893
Macmillan & Co., London & New York.
Macmillan & Co., London & New York.
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Richard Clay and Sons, Limited
LONDON AND BUNGAY.
LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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CONTENTS
| SECT. | PAGE | |
| I. | Of Material and Craftsmanship | 1 |
| II. | An Historical Sketch | 5 |
| III. | Of Lead Coverings to Buildings | 17 |
| IV. | Of Leaded Spires and Turrets | 20 |
| V. | Of Domes | 33 |
| VI. | Of Roofs | 36 |
| VII. | Of Lead Coffins | 40 |
| VIII. | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |