INDEX
Abacus, its adjustment to the load imposed upon it, in 13th cent., French work, 61-67 (cuts); its thickness proportioned to the spread of the capital, 202; Viollet-le-Duc's theory in relatoin to this, 203; square in plan until the middle of I3th cent., 206; becomes polygonal as the archivolt mouldings become polygonal in section, 206, 209; round rarely occurs, 207; profiles, 207; the profiles vary in the same building, 207; profile of upper member becomes curved, 208 (cut); adjusted to the character of the ribs, 221.
- Of the cath. of Amiens, 75, 221 (cut), triforium of the nave, 207, west front and triforium, 208 (cut);—of Chartres, nave, 74;—ch. of St. Evremont in Creil, 207 (cut);—cath. of Paris, 221, choir and nave, 61-66 (cuts), canopies of the buttresses of the façade, 204, triforium, 205, western piers, 206, triforium of nave, 207 (cut); cath. of Reims, pinnacles of the apse, 205;—ch. of St. Leu d'Esserent, nave, 72; cath. of Senlis, 206, triforium, 221 (cut);—ch. of St. Aignan in Senlis, 207 (cut);—cath. of Soissons, piers of the choir, 66-67 (cut).
- English, generally round, 224; square in the local style of Wells and Glastonbury, 231; all its members generally rounded in profile, 232 (cut);—in Canterbury cath., 131;—ch. of St. Mary, New Shoreham, 141;—Salisbury chapter-house, centre column, 168;—Wells cath., 231 (cut).
- German, 240.
- Norman, usually square, 224.
- See also Capitals.
Aisles, apsidal. See Apsidal aisles.
Amiens, cathedral—the crowning glory of Gothic art, 74; length and height, of the nave, 168;—abacus, 75, 221 (cut), of the triforium of nave, 207, of the west front and triforium, 208 (cut);—Apse, 96, 97 (cut);—Apsidal chapels, 101;—bases of the triforium, 217;—buttresses, 83 (cut), 84;—capital of a chapel of the choir, 209 (cut), 210, 279;—Clerestory, 91;—cornice of exterior, 278 (cut);—façade, 108, in (cut), of the south' ^transept, 102;—impost, 221 (cut);—mullions of the clerestory. 223 (cut);—piers of the nave, 64;—pinnacles, 84;—rib sections, 220 (cut), rib profile compared with Lincoln, 238;—sculpture. 23 of central doorway. 261, of tle_south door of west front, 262, of the triforium string-course and exterior cornice, 277 (cut),—278 (cut);—string-course of the triforium, 277 (cut);—transept, 102;—triforium, 91; triforium string, 216 (cut);—vaulting system, 74, 75 (cut), vaulting of the apse, 96, 97 (cut);—Virgin of south door of west front. 262:
Andrea Pisano, sculptures of the campanile of Florence, 296.
Angel choir, of Lincoln Cathedral, 139, 154-156 (cuts), 287. 313.
Anglo-Norman architecture. See English pointed architecture.
Animals, imaginary, in Gothic sculpture, 265.
Apertures. See Wall openings.
Apses, comparative study of, in French Gothic buildings, 92-101; semicircular form, characteristic of French churches, 92;—of the cath. of Amiens, 96, 97 (cut); Bourges, 95; Chartres, 95, 96 (cut); Laon, 92;
