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Excerpt from Manual of Ecclesiastical Architecture: Comprising a Study of Its Various Styles, the Chronological Arrangements of Its Elements, and Its Relation to Christian Worship
This manual of Ecclesiastical Architecture was written with love, not alone for architecture, but also for the Christian religion. Therefore, expressions of delight will be found in these pages wherever the architectural form seems the fitting embodiment of the faith and hope which animate Christian life. The noble teachings of the Christ have wrought loveliness in human character, have also led to the rearing of edifices peerless in their beauty.
The illustrations in the manual furnish the facts by which the statements in the text may be established in the main. Those illustrations belonging to the Mediaeval styles were taken from German, French, and English sources, and it would be impossible to indicate, gladly as I would, those who gave them first to the public. A few, belonging to the Modern styles, are used by the permission of Messrs. Ticknor & Co., Boston, publishers of the Architect and Builder, and foremost promoters of lofty architectural ideals in our own country. Many of the illustrations belonging to the Modern styles were drawn specially for this work.
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