The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (1841)
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852 · London, J. Weale · leaf 21
vaults of St. Paul's, London, mere coffered semi-arches, without ribs or intersections, have their flying but- tresses ; but as this style of architecture does not admit of the great principle of decorating utility, these buttresses, instead of being made ornamental, are concealed by an enormous…
Architecture, Gothic
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