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 239
f the windows below. The choir and transept were finished before the middle of the fif-teenth century. In 1452 work was begun on the nave and aisles.A project for dividing the outer aisles into chapels was defeated.The great central lantern was not undertaken until 1481. It wasthen feared that the… … our most noble tem-ple remain suspendedand cannot be pro-ceeded with unlessour masters are ableto consult with thebest engineers as towhether the greatcolumns on whichthe tiburio is to restare strong and suffi-cient to bear up theincredible weight ofthis stupendouswork. And a greatscandal would…
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