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Description:Excerpt from The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Vol. 3AT the northern extremity of the city of Glasgow, on an elevated and solitary spot, to which the noise of the busy swarming town scarcely penetrates, stands the Cathedral of St. Mungo, the noblest iunmutilated specimen of ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland. To reach it the traveller has to pass through a line Of sordid filthy streets; and its first appearance is not inviting, from the unfortunate predominance Of the north-western Tower, or Belfry, the upper portion 0! Which is the work Of a comparatively late period. It is from a point near the north-western extremity that the full effect of the building is most satisfactorily felt. Its predominant characters are height and length, and the details are so arranged as, with wonderful felicity, to aid these features. The roofs, both of the aisles and of the central departments, have a very abrupt slope, and the windows, in the style generally denominated the Early English, are narrow and Lancet-shaped. The transept projects so little beyond the aisle, that the building scarcely presents the usual cruciform ground plan, and thus the long perspective is scarcely broken. A considerable descent of the ground towards the east adds greatly to the elevation of the choir.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Volume 3. To get started finding The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Volume 3, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh/London

Release: 1852

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Description: Excerpt from The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Vol. 3AT the northern extremity of the city of Glasgow, on an elevated and solitary spot, to which the noise of the busy swarming town scarcely penetrates, stands the Cathedral of St. Mungo, the noblest iunmutilated specimen of ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland. To reach it the traveller has to pass through a line Of sordid filthy streets; and its first appearance is not inviting, from the unfortunate predominance Of the north-western Tower, or Belfry, the upper portion 0! Which is the work Of a comparatively late period. It is from a point near the north-western extremity that the full effect of the building is most satisfactorily felt. Its predominant characters are height and length, and the details are so arranged as, with wonderful felicity, to aid these features. The roofs, both of the aisles and of the central departments, have a very abrupt slope, and the windows, in the style generally denominated the Early English, are narrow and Lancet-shaped. The transept projects so little beyond the aisle, that the building scarcely presents the usual cruciform ground plan, and thus the long perspective is scarcely broken. A considerable descent of the ground towards the east adds greatly to the elevation of the choir.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Volume 3. To get started finding The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Volume 3, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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