Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 237
dical change from the primitivebasilican type was, as already explained in the last chapter,the continuation of the side aisles around the apse to forma chevct; and later, the addition of chapels between the ex-ternal buttresses. Radiating chapels, usually semi-octagonsor semi-decagons in plan,… … FIG. 121.—THE STE. CHAPELLE, PARIS. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 205 ,^.._ ry... They generally superseded the transept-chapels of earlierchurches, and added greatly to the beauty of the interiorperspective, especially when the encircling aisles of thechevet were doubled. Notre Dame, as at first…
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