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 267
244 Ecclesiastical Architecture. §The Place of Sepulture. A walk along the side-aisles of a Gothic cathedral brings us face to face withtwo great and associated thoughts belonging to this ageof Gothic architecture. One of them is expressed inthe chapels for prayer, those beautiful oratories which… … line the side-aisles, generally of the choir, sometimes ofthe nave. Worshipers went into the nave from theseplaces of prayer, or they left the nave to enter intothem for meditation and prayer. The second thoughtis expressed in the place of sepulture, sometimes beingbeautiful chapels, containing…
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