A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 70
lical and historical figure-sculptureover the whole surfice as contrasted with the French method of concentrating it on the portals. Thethree western doorways here look ridiculously small to those accustomed to the porches of Rheims,Amiens or Chartres, but no French cathedral has such a display of… … Plate No. \I. SALISIiURV CATHEDRAL, WEST ERUNl. ,-. 1230. EE The west front of Salisbury is as typically English as that of Wells. The western porches are small ascompared with those of the great French cathedrals. The ancient statues have unfortunately mostlydisappeared. Those that fill some of…
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