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 284
othic.The towers are ma-jestic, not the portalswhich pierce them ;the arcading pleases,but creates no sur-prise ; the great west-ern window, how-ever, comports wellwith the majesty ofthe towers. Thesplendor and thesize of the portalsoccupy the thoughtsof an observer as heenters into the… … lichfie;i,d cathedral. 262 Ecclesiastical Architecture. vaulting and the ricliness of its sculpturing. InclementEngland as compared with sunny France, may, perhaps,account for the development, among the EngHsh, of theporch rather than the portal in their cathedrals. § Parish Church with Central…
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