Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 180
do, Burgos, and Leon, approachvery closely to French types. Toledo is very large, fiveaisled, and with a vast chevet. Its exterior is unfinished,but the dignity of its fine interior may be well understoodfrom the illustration (Fig. 58) here given, Burgos is not soambitious in size as Toledo, but… … Fig. 58.—The Cathkdeax at Toledo. Interior. (Begun 1227.) 140 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. culminated in the vast cathedral at Seville (begun 1401),claiming to be of greater extent than any Gothic cathedralin the world, larger, therefore, than Milan or Cologne. Itstands on the site of a mosque, and has…
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