An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 96
e church was very much increased ;for the whole of the aisle walls had to be raised to a considerably greater heightall round the cathedral, perhaps for as much as a length of 1,000 ft. Secondly, theaisles, thus unduly raised, tended tocurtail the height of the clerestory.Thirdly, if the upper… … stained glass windows at the back of thetriforium chamber out of sight, wasridiculous. So thoufjht the English ; andin disgust they abolished the triforiumwindow altogether. The choir of Ely,begun c. 1322, is the last example withupper aisle window ; nor would it havebeen employed here but that it…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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