A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 553
. The pillars separating thecentral from the side aisles appear to have been of uniform dimensions,and to have supported a horizontal entablature, above which rose adouble range of panels, each containing a picture—^these panels thustakino- the place of what was the triforium in Gothic churches.… … 397. View of the old Basilica of St. Peter, before its ilestruction in the 15th century. From Fontana. unexceptionable, but the height over the pillars is so great that theyare made to look utterly insignificant, which indeed is the great defectin the architectural design of these buildings, and,…
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