Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 279
y at Coutances and S. L6 of western ..rr . 1 • 1 i Normandy we get a different type : the octagon begins lower downbelow the belfry stage, and the angles are filled withenormously long hollow and shafted pinnacles or taber-nacles, each of which has its spirelet (v. sup. Plate XLIII).Both types have… … CHAPTER X LATER FRENCH GEOMETRICAL GOTHIC At Beauvais the reduction of solid support is pushedto an extreme. The choir is a mere lantern of glass setin a frame of stone. The triforium is pierced with glazedwindows in the back wall and is in fact a continuation ofthe clerestory, and the vaulting…
Architecture, Gothic
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