Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 480
uinches and rangingwith the windows, are openings from dome to dome, andbetween the heads of the eight arches a small pendentivebrings the octagon to a circle. The squinch consists ofJ. G. A. n. 18 274 SICILY [CH. XXVIII Palermo, two ordcrs, the inner one forming a semi-circular niche,with pointed… … Fig. 216. At S. Cataldo, whence all mosaic decoration has dis-appeared, if it ever had any, the effect of this unsupportedoverhang is disagreeable, and looks as if the architecthad not known how to finish it off. At the CapellaPalatina where the mosaic is carried over it, smoothing en. XXVIIl]…
Architecture, Gothic
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