A cyclopaedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant (1895)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · New York, Scribner's sons · leaf 343
and every outside bay inthe whole church, excejit across the front,is bordered by a semicircular chapel. Thenave was to be flanked by two detachedsquare towers more than 300 ft. high.Completed according to the design, thechurch would have been one of the mostsplendid in Italy ; but only a portion… … Fig. 138.—Pavia, Cathedfal.Scale of 100 feet. built and the nave begun. The work stillgoes on, and the west end, including thefacade of the church, is still unbuilt. {SecFig. 138.) The Certosa, a Carthusian monasteryfounded in 1396 by Gian Galeazzo Vis-conti. Its architectural interest is con-fined…
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