A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 107
re placed inchurches, showing aprevalence in Chris-tian countries of a cus-tom which now onlyprevails among Ma-hometans, of placinglights at night in thetombs of saints, or ofrelatives, so long astheir memory is pre-served. Perhaps, how-ever, the greatest pointof interest attachedto their… … 530. Todtenleuchter at Kloster Neuberg. Bk. IV. Ch. VI. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. 87 though the dimensions of the Irish towers are greatly in excess of anysimilar monuments found on the continent of Europe.1 In the town of Nuremberg are several houses presenting veryelegant specimens of art in their…
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