Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 124
LECTURES ON [LECTURE XII. 102 impost. A broad pilaster buttress runs up the face of each pier from floor to ceiling. In the transept, however, the triforium is differently designed, being subdivided into coupled arches, and supported by stone shafts. Many of these shafts are balusters (most likely… … Fig. 254.-St. Albans Abbey. Balusters. ^nt marks of having been turned in a lathe. The outer wall of the gallery storey has been removed, but of its former existence there is dis- tinct evidence ; the mark of the roof, as seen against the transepts, showing that the aisle walls have been lowered by…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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