10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALLFLOWER»
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ballflower in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ballflower and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
ballflower A spherical ornament composed of three conventionalized petals
enclosing a ball, usually in a hollow molding, popular in the English Decorated
style. ballflowtr ballistraria See baiistraria. ballium The court of open space within
a ...
2
Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire: The Archaeology and ...
While the majority of the rosewindow is Butterfield's reconstruction of 1847, the
lower half of the framemoulding, complete with some rather 'squashed' ballflower
ornament, is almost entirely 14thcentury. The inner margin preserves several ...
3
Discovering Churches and Churchyards
A Perpendicular church, of c.l395, that includes this fourteenth- century canopied
niche, decorated with ballflower, and brought from the previous village church
nearby. of monarchs and their consorts, or with armorial bearings. Very small ...
4
Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary
ball and flower, ballflower; an ovular decorative motif found in the church
architecture of the early 1300s, a stylized three-petalled flower enclosing a small
globule. carved ball and flower (ballflower) ornament ballast 1 material such as
gravel, ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2012
5
The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture:
BallFlower Ornament, BloxhamChurch, Oxfordshire, and YorkCathedral.
BallFlower Ornament, Bloxham Church, Oxfordshire, andYork Cathedral. A. They
approximate more nearly, in section and appearance, those of the thirteenth than
those ...
Matthew Holbeche Bloxam, 2014
Thereare also anumber of Cotswoldstyleteacaddy tombs. Thechurch porchis,
unusually, on the northside; the entrance from the south – enclosed in ballflower
andnow blockedup– was effectively the lordofthe manor's private way in,
beforethe ...
7
Medieval art and architecture at Gloucester and Tewkesbury
Ballflower Work in Gloucester and its Vicinity By Richard K. Morris Gloucester
Cathedral boasts one nationally important example of Decorated architecture,
namely the south aisle of the nave with its ornate ballflower work. Ever since
Rickman ...
rather earlier than 1 320 is suggested by the lack of ballflower decoration, early
examples of which can be found in Oxfordshire in buildings which are
architecturally related to Merton (whose links with Asthall have already been
indicated in the ...
9
Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 10 ball and
flower, ballflower ball and flower, ballflower Atlantis cross three fish (pisces,
ichthus) three fish (pisces, ichthus) labyrinth, road of Jerusalem Cretan maze, ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008
ridge ribs and a big boss with long flaccid leaves, Dec rather than E.E. The N
aisle, datable to 1305-8, is Herefordshire in style. w window of four lights with
much ballflower, and in the tracery head a circle containing a cinquefoil made of
an ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALLFLOWER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ballflower is used in the context of the following news items.
A throne like a church spire
There are generic voluted trefoils and the occasional ballflower. Angels are carved into the cusps of the ogee arches at head level, holding ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Spire of St Wulfram's church in Grantham needs repairs
He wrote: "The taper of the spire seems perfectly judged, with its ribs and three tiers of diminishing lucarnes covered in ballflower, as if infested ... «BBC News, May 13»
Don't let Grantham spire blow down
When Ruskin visited Grantham in 1876 he wrote in his notebook that these ballflower carvings were “the most interesting I ever saw in quaint ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 13»
