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 373
when a spirewas placed on suchan edifice it alwaysfitted awkwardly.The art by whicha tower was pre-pared for its termi-nation, first by thegraduated buttressesat its base, then bythe strongly markedvertical lines of itsupper portion, andabove all by the circleof spirelets at the top,out of which… … Campanile, Palazzo Scaligeri, Verona. (From Street.) Bk. VIII. Ch IV. TOWERS. 353 octagon on theirsquare towers, itlooked like an acci-dent for which noth-ing was prepared,and the spire was sep-arated from it onlyby bold horizontalcornices instead ofby vertical lines, astrue taste dictated. In…
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