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The cathedrals and churches of Norway, Sweden and Denmark (1908)

Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis), 1861-1916 · London : T.W. Laurie · leaf 368

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semi-octagonal apseof the original Romanesque choir, presents all the featuresof the First Pointed or Lancet period of architecture, atleast on the outside. The tall aisle which surrounds it has a lean-to roof andbold buttresses, from which spring flying buttresses ofextremely light construction to… … Trondhjem Cathedral, from the North East,before restoration. To face page 284. TRONDHJEM roofs and prettily trefoiled facades flanked by pinnacledturrets. The windows are small lancets in pairs. Thosepiercing the oblique sides are placed rather high up in thewall, a small trefoiled circle…

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