History of mediæval art . t Brussels, begun in 1225 ; even the Choir of Tour-nay, begun in 1242, was subjected to the new influences, notwith-standing the marked contrast between the additions and the pre-viously existing parts of the structure. The other ecclesiasticaledifices of Belgium, those of Tongres, Ghent, Louvain, Diest, Ypres,Bruges, and Dinant, all founded between 1240 and 1260, follow the THE NETHERLANDS. 539 same tendencies, although often retaining transitional features. Thishesitation in point of style was not entirely overcome until the con-struction of the magnificent cathedra
History of mediæval art . t Brussels, begun in 1225 ; even the Choir of Tour-nay, begun in 1242, was subjected to the new influences, notwith-standing the marked contrast between the additions and the pre-viously existing parts of the structure. The other ecclesiasticaledifices of Belgium, those of Tongres, Ghent, Louvain, Diest, Ypres,Bruges, and Dinant, all founded between 1240 and 1260, follow the THE NETHERLANDS. 539 same tendencies, although often retaining transitional features. Thishesitation in point of style was not entirely overcome until the con-struction of the magnificent cathedrals of the fourteenth century:S. Rombout at Mechlin, begun after 1341 ; the Cathedral of Ant-werp, begun in 1352, and, with exception of the tower, completedin 1422; and that of Louvain, built between 1373 and 1433. TheCathedral of Mons, belonging to this group, is as late as the fifteenthcentury. Some national peculiarities are observable from the first, chiefamong which is the greater breadth in comparison to the Fig- 375-—Plan of the Cathedral of Tournay. While the altitude of the nave is rarely more than twice its breadth,five-aisled constructions are frequent. The Cathedral of Antwerp{Fig. 376), even, has seven aisles, being the only example of the kindin existence. A fine effect of perspective results from this arrange-ment, and compensates for the want of memberment in the an imitation of the early Gothic details of France, plain sup-ports, like those of Antwerp, continued in common use in the Neth-erlands. A further difference appears in Belgium in the terminationof the choir. The surrounding passage and radial chapels are sim-plified in a most rational manner: the vault of each chapel beingunited with that of the corresponding part of the surrounding pas- 590 THE EXTENSION OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. sage,—a great improvement upon the complicated French innovation, which may have been based upon the arrangementof the choir at Soisso
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