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Art in Great Britain and Ireland (1909)

Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 87

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FIG. 112.—HENRY Mis CHAPEL, FIG. 113.—HENRY VIlS CHAPEL, WEST- WESTMINSTER (exterior). minster (interior). French and English architects toward vaults is, perhaps, morecharacteristic than anything else they did. The French architectwas so impressed by the fitness of the vault for its immediate 61… … -MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD:CLOISTER QUAD. the architecture below. The mostdaring French vaults, such as thatof Amiens, look mean, their greatheight notwithstanding, beside acomparatively modest performancelike the vault of Exeter, to saynothing of such a miracle in stone asthe vault of Kings College…

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