Chap. II.

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Another pecnliarity is the distinct preparation for two towers at
the west end, as proved hy the two great piers, evidently intended to
snpport their inner angles. Frequently in Germany the whole west
end was carried up to a considerahle height ahove the roof of the
nave, and either two or three small spires placed on this frontal
screen. This, however, does not appear to have heen the case here ;
for though the two towers that now adom it are modern, the intention
seems originally to have heen the same. ITad they heen intended to
flank the portal, and give dignity to the principal entrance, their
motive would have heen clear ; hut where no portal was intended, it
is curious that the Germans should so universaHy have used them,
while the Italians, whose portals were almost as universally on their
west fronts, should hardly ever have employed this arrangement.

The east end, as will he observed, is square, an arrangement not