Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 86
shellor true wall of the dome—a most ingenious device. It may, however, be doubtedwhether the abrupt break produced by the balustrade which crowns this colonnadehas not the effect of diminishing the height of the dome and somewhat interfering J St. Tails.] THE DOME. 53 with its liarmony of… … ST. PAUL S, FROM THE SUKILBY 6IUE. in a certain sense is an unfair one, because the dome visible from the exterioris to a great extent a mere ornamental shell, and does not support the weightof the lantern. From the upper part of the lower storey of the dium he builtup a strong cone of masonry, on…
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