Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 385
ze, but also CH. XXVl] CENTRAL ITALY 221 gave a colossal proportion to each member. The nave Florence.of Norwich cathedral in a length of rather less than cathedral250 feet has fourteen arches ; in Arnolfos nave, which israther longer, four immense arches suffice to stride fromend to end of it. The… … Fig. 200. {From Fergusson.) Eastwards of the nave the plan expands into anenormous octagon, from which to east, north, and southradiate the choir and transepts, each a semi-octagoncovered with a semi-dome. The general conception is magnificent, and appealsstrongly to the imagination, and yet there…
Architecture, Gothic
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