A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 452
oj.pohstyle, and also by the practici of the iicii|ile in almost(■very country. Thus, the round, and still moretiie pointed, arch tiikes away nearly half of thebest part of a possible window, substitutingoi.aciue spandrels f<,r tnuisjurn,! surfaces. Col-lege huildin-s in a nn.,|r,n (;..il,lr… … question of providing light in any special w ay,as the strong illumination of a wall upon whichvaluable pictures are to be hung, the difficultyof contending with established customs is stillmore obvious. Thus one may look through thecarefully built mansions of a great city withoutfinditi, ninvc…
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