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 194
HAPTER-HOUSES. 173 any apparent incongruity, the parliament-house of the nation, insteadof the council-chamber of a monastic establishment; and all the par-liaments of the kingdom were held within its walls till the dissolutionof the religious orders placed the more convenient rectangular chapelof… … 603. Chapter-House, Bristol. (Cath. Hb.) beauty of the art with which it was once decorated. It only wantscolored glass in its windows to enable us to realize the beauty of thesetruly English edifices. That at Bristol is late in the style (1155-1170), and consequentlyalmost approaches the…
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