July 20, 2005
Glossary
of medieval art and architecture. Click on each word to see illustrative graphic. There are more images here, and a Gothic glossary with more stuff here.
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Awesome!
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Thanks for posting those. I hadn't seen them before and I'll be glad to have them later. *files in del.icio.us for future reference*
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A flying buttess-load of goodness! Cheers Plegmund.
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I have recently learned that streets named Cheapside refere to old markets. Cheap is an old English (I think) word for market, regardless of price or quality. Have at you, Sir!
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O.E. ceap (n.) "a purchase," from ceapian (v.) "trade". The only place I've ever seen it used in that sense is The Well at the World's End, a kind of fantasy novel by William Morris (yes, the famous one), where he talks about people 'cheapening' things, meaning doing the shopping. Worth reading if you don't mind the neo-gothic language.
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Damn we're good.
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Does my buttress look too big?
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Yes
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Yeah, well your ballflowers are too small.
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And your oriels leave something to be desired.
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Well, I've been ill ...
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I'm sorry. You've got a lovely apse, though.
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Not a chancel kit
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Can't blame a nave for trying.
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Mind the jamb in that groin vault.
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Ogee, he thinks he's such a tough guy, but look at him squinch at the thought of somebody capitalizing his pendents.
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nice post/bad puns
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There are puns. Or there are no puns. Goodness (or bedness) has nuttin' to do with it.
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Bed puns are for posters.
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Care to bolster that opinion?
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That is to say, it was rather a blanket statement.
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Yeah, you're right. That was sheet. Sorry.
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Nice pyx, Plegmund!
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Cloister?! I hardly know 'er!!
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Aisle have no more of this!
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Tympanum?! I hardly know 'em!!
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Chevet up your narthex.
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Show us yer cock! oh, wait, that's not right...er...
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Take your arch puns and go dome. (Challenge: a pun on "clerestory." Can you?)
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Enough of your hear-story Just give me the clerestory.
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Cloisterfuck!!!
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PA wins. DANG!