Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 441
e bay thewall arch is stilted to such a degree that the panel ofthe vault has to wind a great deal, and for some wayup there is little but a thin wall on the back of the ribsnext the side wall. The clerestory passage has dis-appeared, and the window is brought well towards theinside face.… … Fig. 100. (From Spring Gardens Sketchbook.) 278 WESTMINSTER ABBEY [ch. xvi Italianwork employed. There are traces of chequer work in theearly Norman building, and the vaulting of the nave andof the cloisters is banded with stone of two differentcolours with charming effect. King Henrys foreign…
Architecture, Gothic
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