Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . r from north to south than it isfrom east to west, and being divided into five aisles by four rowsof light clustered columns, each composed of four shafts, of whichthose to the east and west are built of several courses of stone,while the other two are of one piece of coarse marble each; allthe arches are semicircular, adorned with zigzag mouldings. Thefour rows of columns and arches, seen one beyond the other, pro-duce a richness and intricacy which is not to be found in any otherbuilding in
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . r from north to south than it isfrom east to west, and being divided into five aisles by four rowsof light clustered columns, each composed of four shafts, of whichthose to the east and west are built of several courses of stone,while the other two are of one piece of coarse marble each; allthe arches are semicircular, adorned with zigzag mouldings. Thefour rows of columns and arches, seen one beyond the other, pro-duce a richness and intricacy which is not to be found in any otherbuilding in England, and, on a small scale, resembles the effectproduced by a similar arrangement in the mosque now the cathe-dral of Cordova. This most interesting chapel projects beyondthe verge of the cliff, and rests upon massive walls incorporatedwith its sloping sides. It was repaired by Bishop Langley in thefifteenth century, who probably inserted the present windows, andcertainly erected the chantry in the centre aisle, within the recessformed by the original great western door into the Cathedral. In.
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