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 383
d bypanelling of the mostexquisite design, andrelieved by pendantsof slight projection,the whole being insuch good taste as tomake it one of the richest and probably the most beautiful vault everconstructed. It has not the loftiness of that at Cambridge, beingonly 52 ft. high, instead of 78, nor is… … Aisle in Henry VII.s Chapel, Westminster. Bk. VII. Ch. III. VAULTS. 365 the architects had got back to precisely the point from which theystarted, namely, the necessity of a square space for the erection of asatisfactory intersecting vault. The Romans saw this, and neverswerved from it. The…
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