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Title: Church and conventual arrangement. With copious references, a complete glossary, and an index. And illustrated by a series of ground-plans and plates of the arrangements of churches in different countries and at successive periods, and of the conventual plans adopted by the various orders
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Walcott, Mackenzie E. C. (Mackenzie Edward Charles), 1821-1880
Subjects: Church architecture Convents
Publisher: London, Atchley and Co
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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are rare.There are sometimes as many as four doors at the west end, asat St. Gudules. Recessed porches occur in the fourteenth andfifteenth centuries. Single or double towers flank the west end—square, as at St. Gudules; or square below and octagonalabove, as at Notre Dame Antwerp, and St. Bavon Ghent,but where designed to carry a spire. At the end of the four-teenth and beginning of the fifteenth century they were in-tricately carved, as at Notre Dame Antwerp, St. GertrudesLouvaine, and Mechlin :2 this was the period of woodenspires, as at St. Gertrudes Nivelles and St. Bavons Ghent.— (3.) Third Pointed or Flamboyant, latter part of fifteenthto latter part of sixteenth century. Notre Dame, Antwerp,has a fine octagonal cupola — a solitary instance. Spiresmerged into spherical or angular domes.3 There is a westernnarthex and fine lateral porch of the early part of the 1 Schayes, ii. 60. 2 Webb, Cont. Eccles. p. 10. 3 Weales Quarterly Papers ; Schayes, Hist, de lArch. en Belgique.
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Holland.—Spain. 45 thirteenth century, at St.Servais.1 The chevet was polygonal tothe fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; 3 and lateral chapels wereadded to the nave aisles between the fourteenth and sixteenthcenturies. S. Maurice, Lille, has five aisles, and an apse withradiating polygonal chapels. HOLLAND. Gothic architecture never flourished in Holland, althoughthe churches are generally large, with well-developed transeptsand tall western towers. There were very few monasteries.The most interesting church in Holland is Haarlem, c. 1390-1472: it is cruciform, has a circular apse, and internally atrigonal apse with a surrounding aisle, a central octagonaltower, a sacristy on the south side of the choir, and eachwing of the transept divided longitudinally by a solid wall.3 SPAIN. The Italian apse is a direct copy from the Roman basilica.The Spanish cathedrals present either the French chevet witha circlet of chapels, or an apsidal aisle surrounding the altar,and opening on chapels w

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