Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 619
584 THE EXTENSION OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. Moorish cusped arches of the triforiums, which the architect mayhave introduced from a respect for the traditions of the ancienttown of the Moslems {Fig. 373). The irregularity of the ground andthe narrowness of the space impair, in some degree, the effect… … Fig. 373.—View of the Choir of the Cathedral of Toledo. finest examples among the few works of the kind which have beencompleted. Although, after the death of Alphonso the Wise, son of Ferdi-nand III., A. D. 1284, the prosperity of Spain somewhat declined,the works begun during his reign and that…
Art, Medieval
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