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Plate XX. Flying Buttresses A caption identifies this as Plate xx (although on the image, in the upper right, the text Pl. LXIII appears, along with a reproduction of a French library stamp). The caption reads as follows: [more...] |
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Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral once stood on an island in the marshes; you can still see it for miles around in any direction. It’s old, very old, and in the days before electric light [...] [more...] |
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Plate XXV. The Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral Cloisters; a man leads a dog through them, presumably to give a sense of scale. The arches of the vaulted ceiling aer prominent. On the left there is a graveyard. [more...] |
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Plate XXVii. Hereford Cathedral South West View with Cloisters. [more...] |
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Plate xxvi: Lincoln Cathedral. West Front. The See of Lincoln was formed in AD 678, but the first cathedral was destroyed in an earthquake in 1185. The present building dates from between AD 1255 and AD 1300, with late Normon, [...] [more...] |
