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Title: Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923
Subjects: Cathedrals Church architecture Abbeys Church architecture
Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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)ears far superior to the corresponding facade of St. Peters, which, notwith-standing its larger dimensions, has always seemed in this respect poor in conception
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THE CHOIR. and almost insignificant in effect. The dome, indeed, is more doubtfully superiorto that of St. Peters; in fact, we ventured to prefer that which Wren originallydesigned, and which may now be studied in the South Kensington model. Thechief external feature of St. Pauls dome is a circular colonnade around thedrum, consisting of thirty-two columns, the base of which is some twentyfeet above the roof ridge of the church. Every fourth intercolumniation isfilled with masonr)^, which masks the projecting buttresses of the inner shellor true wall of the dome—a most ingenious device. It may, however, be doubtedwhether the abrupt break produced by the balustrade which crowns this colonnadehas not the effect of diminishing the height of the dome and somewhat interfering J St. Tails.) THE DOME. 53 with its liarmony of compo.^ition. The dome is surmounted by a stone lantern,wliich is covered by a eupohi. Tliis supports a ball crowned by a cross. Thedevice adopted by Wren for insuring

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