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All Sources – Chronologically
- Garnsey, 1887
- Parker, 1896
- Sturgis, 1900
- Walker, 1926
- Isham, 1928
- Saylor, 1954
- Hoar, 1963
- Summerson, 1963
- Whiffen, 1969, 1996
- Sykes, 1971
- Ziegler, 1975
- Harris, 1977
- Blumenson, 1977, 1981
- Pothorn, 1979
- Roth, 1979, 1980
- Walker, 1981
- Foster, 1982
- Fleming, 1982
- Poppeliers, 1983
- Gottfried & Jennings, 1985
- Boardman, 1986
- Munro, 1986
- Longstreth, 1987
- Murtagh, 1988
- Light, 1989
- Phillips, 1989
- Jakle, 1989
- White & Robertson, 1991
- Calloway, 1991
- Woodbridge, 1991
- Jones, 1992
- Roth, 1993
- Baker, 1994
- Carley, 1994
- Tyler, 1994, 2000
- Ching, 1995
- Liungman, 1995
- Francaviglia, 1996
- Watkin, 1996
- Bucher, 1996
- Janson, 1997
- O’Gorman, 1998
- Maliszewski-Pickart, 1998
- Foster, 2000
- White, 2000
- King, 2000
- Trachtenberg, 2002
- Howe, 2002
- Jefferson, 2002
- Taylor, 2003
- Foster, 2004
- Reiss, 2004
- Westwind, 2004
- Stanley, 2005, stfx.ca/people/lstanley/History/glossary.htm#terms
- Vogeler, 2005, uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/terms.htm
- Loggia, 2005, loggia.com/vignette/index.html
- About.com, 2005, architecture.about.com/library/bl-glossary.htm
- Tudor History, 2005, tudorhistory.org/glossaries/architecture/
- Webref, 2005, webref.org/architecture.htm
- Geocities, 2005, geocities.com/Axiom43/architecture.html
- Centre County, 2005, centrecountyhistory.org/glossary.html
- Ontario Architecture, 2005
- Vincente, 2005
- Zukowski, 2006
- Melvin, 2006
- Riehl, 2007
- Adirondack, 2007
- Dayton, 2007
- Ambrose, 2008
- Cragoe, 2008
- Marble Institute, 2011
- Rybczynski, 2013
- PHMC, 2015
- Curl & Wilson, 2016
- Buffalo, 2017
- Easements, 2017
- Wentworth, 2017
- Wikipedia, 2017
- Encyclopedia, 2017
- Cole, 2017
- Classicist, 2018
- Curbed, 2018
- A View on Cities, 2018
- Design Training, 2018
- Scotland, 2018
- Wikipedia, 2018
- English Architecture, 2018
- Gimli, 2018
- Preservation Science, 2019
- Bridge, 2019
- English Architecture, 2021
- Medieval Art, 2020
- Terry, 2022
- Medieval Art and Architecture, 2022
- Kremer, 2023
Also see Architecture index.