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 73
THE INTERIOR, FROM THE WESTERN GALLERY. preventing any outward thrust from them ; and it forms a continuousbuttress that absorbs the tremendous thrust of the great arches which spannave, choir, and transepts, and sup]wrt the vast weight of the su]:ierstructure. 56 CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.… … Hardly less impressive than the exterior is the interior of St. Pauls.It is divided by two massive arcades, supported by pilasters, into a bodyand two aisles, the latter being low compared with the former. Theroofs are vaulted ; there is a clerestory, but no triforiuni, the windows being introduced…
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