An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 290
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, butvery rarely, and the fragments are now chiefly… … The West Front, A.D. 1218-1235.(The Towers had originally wooden spires.) EARLY FRENCH BUTTRESSES. 237 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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