Architectural Vocabulary - Scientific Analysis Framework

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Collective work (Ministry of Cultural Affairs). Vocabulaire de l'architecture. Principes d'analyse scientifique. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1972. Volume 1: 234 pages; Volume 2: illustrated, unpaginated (approximately 350 pages). Format: 22×30.5 cm. General Inventory of French Monuments and Artistic Treasures. Published under the auspices of the National Commission responsible for establishing the general inventory of monuments and artistic treasures of France. Contents: I. Vocabulary common to all buildings: general vocabulary, divisions, stone and earth construction, wood and iron construction. II. Vocabulary of building components: foundations and floors, walls and railings, openings, supports and structural elements, interior surfaces, roofing, architectural decoration. III. Vocabulary specific to certain buildings: urban planning, religious and monastic architecture, commemorative and funerary architecture, public and private architecture, military architecture, civil engineering, garden and water features architecture. Alphabetical index. Fine copy.