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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 434

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aos, above the entrance; themanner in which the shallow arcades afore-said are continued alongside the somewhathigher choir, and where the gable which as-sumes the place of the lean-to roof gives theimpression that the architect had not quitemade up his mind whether or no to project atransept, and… … The Cathedrals of Northern Italy deeply moulded, and octofoiled circle in thecentre of the gable, and the plate-traceriedtwo-light window below it, both indicatinga desire for the more sparkling contours ofthe Pointed Gothic. All these features combine to make up anelevation, which, if of modest…

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