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 385
), and the compartments are sonearly square that the difficulty is not very apparent, but it is sufficient 366 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. to injure considerably the effect of what would otherwise be a verybeautiful roof. In Henry VII.s Chapel the difficulty was palliated, not conquered,by… … Choir Arches of Oxford Cathedral. (Cath. Hb.) means the roof was divided into rectangles more nearly approachingsquares than was otherwise attainable; but it is most false in prin-ciple, and, in spite of all its beauty of detail, cannot be consideredsuccessful. Strange as it may appear from its…
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