Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 208
riforium, etc. ; while, onthe contra side, they have to yield greatly to theFrench in altitude, and in many cases in general scale,as well as in the amount of sculpture with which theyare enriched. My object in drawing these comparisons is not awish to lay any claim to superiority for either, nor… … Fig. 108.—St. Albans Cathedral.Ornament between Shafts, WesternPortals. i68 LECTURES ON [LECTURE IV. the centre and metropolis of Mediaeval art. It israther to show that these were the arts of a greatperiod, not of a single people; that all were labouringtogether in perfecting a great and glorious…
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