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 405
t part of thedesign, however, is the dome, ifdome it can be called. Internallyit is conical in form, and thrustthrough an external hemisphericaldome in a manner more clumsyand unpleasing than any otherexample of its class. Externally,these defects are to some extentatoned for by considerable… … Section of San Donato, Zara.Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. Bk. VIII. Ch. VI. TOWERS. 385 cathedral and the leaning tower (Woodcut No. 816). A considerableamount of pointed Gothic decoration was afterwards added, which,though somewhat incongruous, is elegant in itself, and hides to someextent the original…
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