Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 120
Fig. 40.—Cathedral of Sens. View of Choir Aisles. proved by evidence I need not here go into, wereround-arched, and came low in the clerestory wall,thus diminishing the height of the windows—a defectwhich led to their reconstruction. Not only are the … lecture in.] MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE. 97 ribs of the original section, but the bosses are clearlyof the same early age, which, I think, is sufficient todisprove the idea of the vaults having been rebuilt.The vaulting of the aisles has round transverse arches,and the aisle windows, aswell as the…
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