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 299
s a far more satisfactory specimen ofGerman art than that of Strasburg. It is a small building, only272 ft. in length, and 114 in breadth internally, and covering about32,000 sq. ft. It was commenced in the year 1275 ; the works werecontinued for more than two centuries, and at last abandoned… … mm: of a chevet. The side-aisles are wide in proportion to the central one,the transept subdued, and altogether it is more like the old round-archedGothic basilica than the French church. It has two storeys of windows in the apse, as at Marburg, where thearrangement is unmeaning and offensive,while…
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