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s on Spires, see Chap. V. t York, Lichfield, and Lincoln, are the cathedrals distinguished bythe possession of three towers. ANALYSIS : TOWERS. 35 great size and height called the belfry stage ; and theAvhole artistic treatment of the tower is subordinate tothis feature. It is also very often the… … Fig. 12.—Lincoln Cathedral. (Mostly Early English.) In domestic and monastic buildings, low towers werefrequently employed with excellent effect. Many castlesretained the Norman keep, or square strong tower, whichhad served as the nucleus round which other buildings hadafterwards clustered ; but…
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