Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York & London. Harper & Bros · leaf 52
A-B-C OF ARCHITECTURE the tower or lantern at the crossing of the arms of the cross, or transept. This tower was sometimes square, occasionally octag- onal, and frequently merging from one form into the other. The apse of the church is surrounded with smaller temples of semi- circular plan, but… … stories marked by horizontal lines and with rows of round-arched windows, growing more numerous and lighter in design as the tower grows in height. The center aisle, or nave, two or three stories or divisions in height, is not wide, as the load from the massive stone roof would not allow great…
Architecture
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