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Page 497
... crowned by a finial . Both transepts originally had towers , but the southern one was destroyed in 1568. The western façade ( p . 494D ) is rich with tiers of arcades divided into five bays by lofty shafts . Over the entrance is a high ...
... crowned by a finial . Both transepts originally had towers , but the southern one was destroyed in 1568. The western façade ( p . 494D ) is rich with tiers of arcades divided into five bays by lofty shafts . Over the entrance is a high ...
Page 516
... crowned with a typical Rhenish roof , consisting of a steep gable on each face from which ride the ridges of a pyramidal roof . An Anglo - Saxon example can be seen at Sompting , Sussex ( p . 551E ) . The trefoil end has wall arcading ...
... crowned with a typical Rhenish roof , consisting of a steep gable on each face from which ride the ridges of a pyramidal roof . An Anglo - Saxon example can be seen at Sompting , Sussex ( p . 551E ) . The trefoil end has wall arcading ...
Page 1014
... crowned by a dome painted by Sir James Thornhill ; choir and nave in three bays , north and south transepts with semicircular porticoes , and projecting western portico of coupled columns . The western bay of the nave is , unlike the ...
... crowned by a dome painted by Sir James Thornhill ; choir and nave in three bays , north and south transepts with semicircular porticoes , and projecting western portico of coupled columns . The western bay of the nave is , unlike the ...
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