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 162
ed Fig. 99. with all the refine-ment belongingto the best ex-amples. But thereis incongruity inthe grotesqueforms above theheads of the saints,who are set be-tween these col-umn s ; and theshapes above thearchitrave make astrange medley ofmediaeval sphinx-es, saints, and lin-eal… … PORTAL OP CATHKDRAL AT FREIBURG. § Cloisters. The remarkable variety in the deco-rative column is nowhere viewed to better advantagethan in the Cloisters of St. Paolo, at Rome. Thesecloisters are covered passages which surround a quad-rangle. The court is planted with trees and flowers,and is…
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