A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance (1901)
Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and company · leaf 196
f which bounded the plateau onwhich the cathedral had been built. The addition of two bays tothe choir would carry it over the proposed baptistery, of the front ofwhich the east end of the cathedral would thus be a crowning stage.The project met with much opposition, — which was strengthened bythe… … Fig. 354. Siena. Interior of Cathedral. only injure its architectural effect, but would endanger its stability.Th people, however, unwilling to abandon so alluring a project, anddistrusting, perhaps wisely, the judgment of the experts, referred thedecision of the question first to a meeting of…
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