Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 232
e Emperor Napoleon dated 8thJune, the completion of the whole temple was ordered. Its shape is that of a Latin cross, and comprises five navescorresponding to the five entrance doors. The separationof the five naves is eff^ected by fifty-two large and flutedcolumns or pillars of marble of a shape… … MILAN CATHEDRAL 169 and the capital, is about twenty-four and their diameter abouttwo and a half metres. Besides all these columns, or pillars,several half columns, corresponding to the entire ones, andwhich serve also to support the crossing, Gothic vaultsjut out from the interior walls, which…
Cathedrals
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