An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1861)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J.H. and J. Parker · leaf 218
h excess that every idea of pro-portion in the other parts of the building was sacrificedto it, and the enormous flying buttresses which werenecessary to carry these vaults became perfect scaffold-ings of stone, whilst the towers could scarcely be carriedabove the level of the roof. The larger… … 158. St. Denis, Paris, c. 1240. Shewing the French flying-buttress with two arches, one over the other. standing up between the divisions, these add consider-ably to the appearance of stone scaffolding on the ex-terior. At St. Denis, almost the only parts remaining of thetime of Suger are the crypt…
Architecture, Gothic
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