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 509
the altar, which is a cinque-cento addition. It thuscovers about 124,000 sq. ft. of ground, more than a third in excess of 490 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. the cathedral at Toledo (75,000), and more than Milan (108,000 ft.),which, next to Seville, is the largest of Mediaeval creations. Thecentral… … Cimborio of Cathedral at Valencia. (From Chapuy.) explained hereafter, this is the proportion arrived at from the intro-duction of an octagonal dome in the centre of the building, thou-di itmay have arisen here from the existence of an octagonal court in thecentre of the mosque; but, be that as it…
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