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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 242

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rch, Dunfermline. The cathedral of St. Andrews must at one time have been one ofthe most beautiful in Scotland, but fragments only of its east and westends now remain. They suffice to show that it was of considerabledimensions, and inferior, perhaps, only to Elgin and Melrose m beautyof detail.… … 222 ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND. Pakt II. round-arched style, very like what Durham Cathedral would have beenhad it been intended (as this was) for a wooden roof. The other partsdisplay that intermixture of styles so usual in monastic buildings;bold billeted arches, as in Woodcut No. 655, being…

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