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The tower appears to have been added above the north aisle about 1463; it finishes with a shafted parapet and two open octagons with domical roofs, one above the other.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
This brick and stone walling is, so far as could be ascertained, homogeneous right up to the domical vault and the dome.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
St. Paul’s stands second only to St. Peter’s as a great domical cathedral of Renaissance architecture.
From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith
The figures bend forward awkwardly beneath the curve of the vault, which becomes domical, with angels and cherubs upon it.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
The climax of a domical church is obviously the dome.
From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock
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