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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 282

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isabout the same,but the Frenchexample is only130 ft. in widthacross the fiveaisles, while theSpanish churchis 178 ft., so thatits area is con-siderably in ex-cess. It is noteasy to say whatthe area of To-ledo Cathedralreally was, as wecannot quite de-termine whichof the excres-cences belong tothe… … (From Villa 262 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. Milan, or Cologne. It covers rather more ground than York Cathe-dral, but considerably exceeds Chartres (68,000 ft.), or any of theFrench cathedrals. The church at Toledo possesses the same defect in plan that weremarked on in describing that at…

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