Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 137
he towers heightand its embellishment occupied chiefly the thought ofthe architect. Story was raised above story, each withits own distinctive decoration. The top of the towerwas crowned later, perhaps, with a spire or a group ofspires. The daring height of the tower was its chiefestsplendor in the… … grandeur of thetowers of theirchurches. Someelement seemedembodied in themkindred to thatnew aspirationwithin the soul,which Christian-ity planted andcaused to grow,and which liftedthem above thebarbarism of theirforefathers, e n -larged their intel-lectual horizon,and led them toestablish…
Church architecture
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