Atchley, E. G. Cuthbert F. (Edward Godfrey Cuthbert Frederic), Legg, J. Wickham (John Wickham), 1843-1921, Dearmer, Percy, 1867-1936, Bishop, Edmund, 1846-1917 · London : De La More Press · leaf 226
d the proportions of a Gothic churchrequire the dorsal to be kept low. The altar itself isnecessarily confined to a certain height (3 feet 3 inches is theproper height) ; and if the dorsal is exaggerated, the altarbecomes of subsidiary importance; indeed, in some flagrantinstances it is hardly… … Fig. 2.—Plan of the Altar in Fig. i, showing the Arrangement of Posts and Rods round the Altar. by draping it, and often by enclosing it on three sides (figs.1-5). No one who has seen an altar thus treated candoubt for a moment as to the success of the Gothic plan.In Romanesque architecture these…
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