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 41
h architecture, and is foundin all ages. Although the cathedral of Spires cannot boast of the elegance andfinish of that of Worms, it is perhaps, taken as a whole, the finest specimen in Europe of a bold andsimple building conceived, if theexpression may be used, in a trulyDoric spirit. Its general… … I i m m {I ii ;p Y p-.M drals of its class. It is builtso solidly that the supportingmasses occupy nearly a fifth ofthe area, and, like the other greatbuilding of Conrads, the churchof Limburg, this possesses, whatis so rare in Germany, a narthexor porch, and its principal en-trance faces the…
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