The cathedrals and churches of northern Italy, their history and their architecture; (1908)
Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis) · Boston, L.C. Page and company · leaf 200
nbuilding for a quarter of a century beforeits foundation; but the grouping of the ex-ternal outline, a point seldom regarded bythe early Italian architects, is undeniablyremarkable. One of the best views of the exterior isto be had from the great cloister on the southside of the nave. There are… … The Cathedrals of Northern Italy ters of the same period, wide pointed archeswithout tracery, springing from tall cylin-drical shafts with capitals of the stiff-leafedkind. The shaft at the angle of each am-bulatory is, however, an octagon, built inalternate layers of green marble and whitestone,…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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