Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman,1861-1892 · New York, C. Scribner's · leaf 202
s and elsewhere where they servedno end, which was often done, was always a mistake;and a defect which mars the effect of many beau-tiful English buildings. In Notre Dame of Paris, we find the single roundcolumn still occupying the first story, with themore complex arrangement of pier and… … PLAN OF AN ENGLISH CATHEDRAL.(From RlckmanA —■ GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. 137 the floor, interrupted only by an occasional string-course, or a band of foliage replacing the capital. Once the weight of the vault had been transferredto piers, the wall connecting them ceased to supportanything but the…
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