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 131
most certainly completed within the limits ofthe 11th century. Of all these the finest is St Stephens, which is a first-class church,its extreme length being 36-1 ft. It was not originally so long, havingterminated with an apse, as shown in the plan, Fig. 1, which wassuperseded about a century… … Fig. 1. OiiyiualFastern Termination. a single instance of a chevet in the province. This circumstancepoints rather to Germany than to the neighbouring districts of Francefor the origin of the Norman style—indeed all the arrangements ofthis church are more like those of the Rhenish basilicas, that…
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