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A history of architecture (1906)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909, Frothingham, Arthur Lincoln, 1859-1923 · New York, The Baker & Taylor Company · leaf 443

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nferior design, having all the clumsiness of twelfth century work without its primitive charm. It is fair to notice, however, that the stonework was recut in the course of the nineteenth century, when probably much new work was inserted. The beautiful nave of Gloucester Cathedral shown in Fig. 329,… … 329 — Gloucester (Gloucester) cathedral: nave, looking west. (From photo.) circular, with hardly any stilt, and which carry a triforium so low and so unpretending that it is little more than a passageway for the service •of the church. Above this, the clearstory windows are still round- arched, but…

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