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 189
of Wells, its outline is hard, and its portals mean. Salisburyis worse. Winchester, Exeter, Canterbury, Gloucester, indeed mostof our cathedrals, have mean western entrances, the principal mode of 168 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. access to the building being a side door of the nave.… … 601. View of the Angel Tower and Chapter-House, Canterbury. (Cath. Hh.) by the chapel thrust in between the central piers; but, take itall in all, it is one of the most beautiful inventions of the MiddleAges. Such a screen would have been better had the arches been flanked Bk. VI. Ch III. EXTERNAL…
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