Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales (1836)
Winkles, Benjamin · London : E. Wilson ; Charles Tilt · leaf 192
rhaps is unrivalled in the world. The west fronts of Rheimsand Peterborough have been thought to resemble each other bysome, but it would puzzle a good gothic architect to discover theresemblance; Rheims has, indeed, three deep pointed portals sideby side, the middle one being higher and wider than… … o^-n-i I-, V\ WEST FRONT. Tl IJ. PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL. 73 that there exists any other point of resemblance), these two westfronts cannot be said to be in the least degree alike. But what a grand conception is here, the front of the temple ofthe Deity is adorned with a gigantic and finely…
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