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Portuguese architecture (1908)

Watson, Walter Crum · London : A. Constable · leaf 388

An illustration from Portuguese architecture, 1908, leaf 388
is well proportioned andwell put together, but the same cannot be said of the inside.Pilasters of inordinate height have been seen in some of theLisbon churches, but compared with these which here standin couples between the chapels they are short and well pro-portioned. These pilasters, which are… … rctT PLAN OF NOSSA SENHORA DO PILAR 258 PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTURE and unbroken. Here all the lower mouldings of the corniceare carried round the corbels and the pilasters so that onlythe two upper are continuous, an arrangement which is any-thing but an improvement. Another unpleasing feature arethe…

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