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 324
of effect in placinga light tiled wooden roofon a massive solid wall,and it will be evident thatnot only did the exigenciesof the building, but the trueprinciples of taste, demandthat this part should bemade as light as possible.Such openings as thesefound in the baptistery atNovara suggested an… … Half Section, half Elevation, of tlie Baptistery ofNovara. (From Osten.) No scale. universally crowned the intersections of naves and transepts, andround the semi-domes of the apses; but so enamored did they after-wards become of this feature, that it is frequently carried along thesides of the…
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