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 357
le 50 ft. to 1 in. even with the present diameter, have been carried up to at least500 ft., or as high as the church was long, — 70 to 100 ft. above theheight of St. Peters at Rome. Had this been done, the three smaller semi-domes must have beenintended to be crowned with miniature octagonal spires… … iXj\/!i\j \\.~ -7-^i:-.r.:.:0:: :-:::0-- Had all this been done (and something very like it seems certainlyto have been intended), neither Cologne Cathedral, nor any church inEurope, ancient or modern, would have been comparable to this greatand glorious apse. As it is, the plain, heavy, simple…
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