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 521
Themost ornamental partof these is generally thescreen of triple archesby which they open odthe cloister. Internallythey are now generallyplain, but they mayhave been adorned withwooden stalls and fur-niture, which have sincer disappeared. More important thanthese are the cloistersto which they… … 964. Cloister of the Huelgas, near Burgos. (From Villa Amil.) Be. VIII. Ch. III. MONASTIC BUILDINGS. 503 Spanish architects seem, in consequence, to have revelled in the designsof their cloisters, and from the simple arcade of Gerona (1117) to theexuberant caprice of San Juan de los Reyes, they…
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