The Cathedrals of England and Wales : their history, architecture, and associations ; with a series of Rembrandt plates and many illustrations in the text (1906)
London ; New York : Cassell · leaf 238
isitor steps inside, his gaze is drawn slowly onwards by a dwindlingvista of groined vaulting which, uninterrupted by a central tower, endsonly at the far eastern end of the church. Owing to the length of thisunbroken vista, the interior at first seems to be lacking in height, j^etthe bosses of the… … 207 208 CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. [Exeter. ^^^^^^^i^^ pillars of Purbeck marble, each pillar consisting of sixteen shafts, setdiamond-wise, though at the east end are two pillars of only eight shafts,and two of but four. In few, if any, of our cathedrals is the principleof unity in variety…
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