A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 136
arstorywindows, and (according to VioUet-le-Duc) theexterior was ([uite completed in 1288 ; at Co-logne, on the other hand, the choir alone wasnot finished until 1322. Cologne cathedral had such an importantinfluence on German architecture that we mustattempt to realize exactly how far it was a… … after a very careful study of the building we cannot help arriving at a different conclusion. The following are our reasons for differing from such eminent authorities. At Amiens the piers,which support thegreat apse, are of avery early form andlook archaic for theirdate (1220) as theyfollow a…
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