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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 419

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pt was so extended that it almost equalledthe nave in length, the transept being placed in the middle of thechurch. The perspective effect of the interior was thus decidedlyimproved. Notwithstanding the lack of a surrounding passage andradial chapels in the choir, the necessary sites for the altars… … GREAT BRITAIN. 383 of Durham, where space is thus provided for six subordinate altars{Fig, 237). A more remarkable deviation from the style of Normandy isnoticeable on the exterior. By their massiveness, low proportions,and bald horizontality the English churches were even more re-moved in…

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