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 306
pearance.The window has above it a crock-eted gable, but the point of theangle is lopped off in order tomake a support for the pedestalof a statue. Every Gothic fea-ture here is reduced to mere orna-ment. The wealth of sculptureand the beautiful wall-panelingattract the eye of one who is gable from… … 284 Ecclesiastical Architecture. §The Close of the Middle Ages. Two great pur-poses actuated the Christian Church of Rome at the be-ginning of the eleventh century: the first was to extendthe Christian faith among the barbarians of the West;the second was to establish the Roman patriarchate asa…
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