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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 293

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e parts were not rebuilt until the fifteenth 1 Although the English cathedrals are longer than the French or anyothers, they do not appear so large, from the want of height. Their firsteffect is less striking, but they grow upon the mind, and seem to developethemselves more, and perhaps they… … 170. S. Denis, Paris, c 1240. Shewing the French flying-buttress with two arches, one over the other. details occurs in the piers and arches of the apse, theyare all alike, all apparently built at the same time, andthe arches have no appearance of having been altered. The apsidal form of the east…

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