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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 540

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its radial chapels, the semicircleof the termination being more and more frequently exchanged for apolygon. In imitation of the plan of Notre-Dame of Paris, a dupli-cation of the side aisles and of the surrounding passage became morecommon; but it was only in rare instances, as at Chartres {Fig.… … Fig. 308.—Plan of the Cathedralof Chartres. Fig. 309.—Plan of theCathedral of Rheims. Fig. 310.—Plan of the Ca-thedral of Amiens. that portion of the choir which was of rectilinear plan, and to intro-duce radial chapels in place of the outermost passage, thus increas-ing their depth, as at Rheims…

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