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 387
was generally so sound and the resultsso satisfactory, that this seems the best place to point out what theMediaeval architects aimed at in the arrangement of their wall surfaces. In the Norman cathedrals the general scheme seems to have been 368 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. to divide the height… … 820. Transformation of the Nave, Winchester Cathedral. (Cath. lib.) smallest division; but I cannot help fancying that some arrangementof the timbers of the roof gave the additional height required. It isgenerally supposed that the roof at Peterborough (Woodcut No. 810)was originally flat. This,…
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