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A history of architecture for the student, craftsman, and amateur : being a comparative view of the historical styles from the earliest period (1896)

Fletcher, Banister, 1833-1899, Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953 · London : B.T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 218

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ng. The cathedral was erected(1294-1462) from the designs of Ainolfo del Cambio. Theoctagonal dome was added on in Renaissance times byBrunelleschi. Internally the fine effect promised by theplan is not realized. Vast masses of grey pietra serenastone, in piers and arches, are contrasted by blank… … 0 o az < U riALTAX COTIile 187 Ihe adjoining Campanile (No. no) by Giotto, a.d.i:;j4, is square on plan, 292 feet high, in four storeys ofincreasing height, and is built in red and white marble.Tracery of anelementary character is introduced into the

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