. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . view Is obtained, as he proceeds eastward,the side aisles, with their lofty windows, give the effect of spaciousness; and thepurity of the arches between the piers, reminding him by their graceful lancetform of Westminster Abbey rather than of York—the only English churches thathave arcades of equal height—will go far to compensate the eye for the want of the 220 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Bristol. familiar triforiiim and clerestory of our English cathedrals. Not that the purposesof a triforium are unfulfill
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . view Is obtained, as he proceeds eastward,the side aisles, with their lofty windows, give the effect of spaciousness; and thepurity of the arches between the piers, reminding him by their graceful lancetform of Westminster Abbey rather than of York—the only English churches thathave arcades of equal height—will go far to compensate the eye for the want of the 220 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Bristol. familiar triforiiim and clerestory of our English cathedrals. Not that the purposesof a triforium are unfulfilled. A passage on the level of the window-sills traversesthe walls from end to end, giving access to every part, for the convenience ofthe servants of the church. The visitor who is interested in principles of construction will admire theway in which Abbot Knowle and Mr. Street have carried the thrust of the centralvault across the side aisles, by what is, in fact, a flying buttress, to the very massiveexternal buttresses already noticed. These flying buttresses, or transoms, rest on. THE CHOIK. the crowTi of the transverse arches of the side aisles, and from the centre of each,over the crown of the arch below, there springs a cluster of vaulting shafts. As the visitor moves up the nave, the extreme beauty of Knowles eastwindow should be observed. The arms of Edward III. in the apex show that itwas finished in that reign, about 1330. The elder Pugin thought its traceryworthy of comjoarison with that of Carlisle. Nor must we omit to turn roundand gaze at Mr. Streets rose window over his west portal. He made drawingsbefore he died for all the painted windows of the nave, and begged that theymight be executed by Messrs. Hardman. This round window represents in itsinner lights the heavenly host adoring our Lord in glory, while the outercircle depicts all the several industries of Bristol, which contributed to thebuilding of this nave for the glory of God. The side windows are to
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