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 214
625. Tomb of the Black Prince, Canterbury Cathedral. (Cath. Hb.) Bk. VI. Ch. III. CANOPIED TOMBS. 193 over-ingenuity in making the three arches of the canopy sustain them-selves without intermediate supports, this is excusable from itsposition between two massive piers. It is doing in stone what… … 626. Tomb of Edward III. in Westminster Abbey. ableness of wooden and stone forms during the whole of the MiddleAges in this country, and a proof of the influence the one always hadon the other. Among the most beautiful monuments of a quasi-sepulchral char-acter existing in this country are the…
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