Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 178
the Eleanor Crosses ; so that,taken as a whole, the century can claim most of thenoblest, as well as of the most elegant, productions ofEnglish art. In France its pre-eminence is, if possible, yet moremanifest. The century opened there under the fullyestablished power of Philip Augustus, the most… … Fig. 87.—Chapel of Nine Altars, Durham. lecture iv.] MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE. 141 were almost entirely expelled, and this mighty monarchreigned without a rival. In his days commenced analmost general rebuilding (wholly or in part) of thecathedrals, excepting such as were of very recent date.The west…
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