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 23
the Italians seem to have benefited less by the experienceor instruction of their Northern neighbours in tower-building than inany other feature of the style, and to have retained their old forms inthese after they had abandoned them in other parts of their churches. The typical tower of its class… … Torraclo at Cremona. (From dully Knight.) contest for supremacy. Itis not an ecclesiasticaledifice, but partakes,therefore, like those ofSt. Mark, Venice, and ofModena, more of thecharacter of a civic belfrythan of a church tower,such as those previouslymentioned. It is the high-est and largest,…
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