GOTHIC  , the See also:

• TERM

term generally applied to See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, and more especially to that in which the pointed See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch appears . The See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style was at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time supposed to have originated with the warlike See also:

• PEOPLE

people known as the Goths, some of whom (the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Goths, or See also:

• OSTROGOTHS, or EAST GOTHS

Ostrogoths) settled in the eastern portion of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and others (the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Goths, or Visigoths) in- the See also:

• ASTURIAS

Asturias of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain; but as no buildings or remains of any description have ever been found, in which there are any traces of an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent construction in either See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick or See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title is misleading; since, however, it is now so generally accepted it would be difficult to See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change it . The term when first employed was one of reproach, as See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn (1702) , when speaking of the faultless See also:

• BUILDING

building (i.e. classic) says, " they were demolished by the Goths or See also:

• VANDALS (Lat. Vandili or Vandilii)

Vandals, who introduced their own licentious style now called See also:

• MODERN

modern or Gothic." The employment of the pointed arch in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, from the 8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century onwards by the Mahommedans for their mosques and gateways, some four centuries before it made its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in Europe, also makes it advisable to adhere to the old term Gothic in preference to Pointed Architecture .