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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 183

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everintended, and we mustbe content with thewarm tint it givesto the yellow stone,and notice the softshadows taken by thegreat round piers, thesimple strength of the arches and of the aisle vaultings. The piers havebroad square bases, the capitals are round, with little projection, and theornament… … THE CHOIR AND CHANCEL. SOUTHWKLL.] THE GREAT TRANSEPT. i6i through small arches, having a passage between them pierced in thewall. The pavement, relaid, retains at the west end portions of theold herring-bone floor. The new barrel roof replaces a flat woodenceiling. The four lofty arches of the…

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