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 186
oint it is viewed it is felt tobe well balanced, which is seldom the case when the greatest elevationis at one end. Bk. VI. Ch. III. EXTERNA!, PROPORTIONS. The cathedral at Salisbury (Woodcut No. 598), though, like the twolast named, it has no western towers, still possesses so noble a spire inthe… … 599. View of Lichfield Cathedral. (From Brittons Cathedral Antiquities.) Ages. It is quite true that the spire is an afterthought of the 14thcentury, and that those who added it ought to have completed the-design by erecting also two western towers, but, like St. Sernins,,it is complete as it is,…
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