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 52
Ch II. MAKMOUTIER. 31 objection to the use of this horseshoe shape, that considerable diffi-culty arose in using arches of different spans in the same roof, which*with pointed arches, became perfectly easy. Another example of more Italian design, however, is found in thechurch of Rosheim in Alsace,… … 482. Church at Marmoutier. (From Chapuy.) The facade of the church of Marmoutier in the same province, and1of the cathedral of Guebwiller, are two examples — very similar toone another — of a compromise between the purely German andpurely Italian styles of design. The small openings in the…
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