The column and the arch : essays on architectural history (1899)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co. · leaf 248
ontinued westward as fast andas far as money was found to carry them. Theyoften went on in this way year by year, generationby generation; the history of such building iswritten on the interiors of many churches; some-times a blank wall across the end shows wherethe last funds gave out, leaving the… … ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE 191 right number of parts, like laying a pavement.Given adequate drawings of a single bay of thecathedral of Cologne, and such a sketch-plan ascould be held in the palm of the hand, we couldbuild from them the whole church, ready for theapse, the facades, and the towers. The…
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