An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 262
ject ofambition of the Erench architects; each strove to makehis central vault more lofty than his predecessors, untilthis was carried to such excess that every idea of pro-portion in the other parts of the building was sacrificed p It has been found occasionally in Normandy in early buildings,… … The West Front, A.D. 1218—1235.(The Towers had originally wooden spires. EARLY FRENCH BUTTRESSES, to it, and the enormous flying-buttresses which werenecessary to carry these vaults became perfect scaffold-ings of stone, whilst the towers could scarcely be car-ried above the level of the roof ^.…
Architecture, Gothic
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