Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 306
LECTURES ON [LECTURE XVII. 274 noble interior of the Transitional style, but with a pendentive dome ; and it will be seen that this addi- tion in no degree clashes with the style into which it is adopted. At Angouleme we find this development carried out fully (Fig. 447). We have a complete… … Fig. 448.- Angouleme. Fig. 447. — Plan, Angouleme. with a sort of drum forming a clerestory over the arches, and imperfect pendentives bearing the dome aloft (Fig. 448). I may mention that this dome is not circular in plan, but that the middle of each side is flat- tened. A very parallel…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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