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 660
lps. Itscentral dome, however, never could have been a feature worthy of sovast a church. In diameter it is equal, or nearly so, to that ofFlorence, but the points of support are so small, and so far apart,that it must have been manily if not wholly of wood. No such Bk. II. Ch. VI. MILAN CATHEDRAL.… … 506. Plan of the Cathedral of Milan. (FromChlesi Principali dEuropa.) Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. the largest and richest of all the churches erected in the Middle Ages—was commenced in the year 1385, by order of Gian Galeazzo, firstDuke of Milan, and consecrated in 1418, at which date all the essential…
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