Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . .Sect tc of f est. °u Fig. 75- The nave Here we have extraordinarily massive piers (Fig. 75) of clustered shafts carrying pointed arches richly mouldedin several orders, surmounted by a triforium of pointedopenings resembling that at S. Davids, which is con-temporary and may perhaps be the work of Somersetmasons. The size of these piers at Wells may be appre-ciated by comparing them with those of Salisbury, which 1 Ecclesiam Sancti Andreae Wellensis, quae periculum ruinae patiebaturprae sua vetustate,...aedificare coepimus et ampliare. Deed o

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Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . .Sect tc of f est. °u Fig. 75- The nave Here we have extraordinarily massive piers (Fig. 75) of clustered shafts carrying pointed arches richly mouldedin several orders, surmounted by a triforium of pointedopenings resembling that at S. Davids, which is con-temporary and may perhaps be the work of Somersetmasons. The size of these piers at Wells may be appre-ciated by comparing them with those of Salisbury, which 1 Ecclesiam Sancti Andreae Wellensis, quae periculum ruinae patiebaturprae sua vetustate,...aedificare coepimus et ampliare. Deed of 1242, citedby Canon Church. Early History of the Church of Wells, p. 151. Plate LX. I. W I CATHEDRAL- Capital in Nave Plate LSI

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