iginally the case. In the very darkesttime of Art, i.e., about the middle of the last century (1745), thefloor of Antwerp cathedral was raised no less than two feet, thusthe bases of the piers are now hidden; the effect of this barbarousact, which was supposed to be rendered necessary by the growth… … INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL, ANTWERP.
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