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Bk. VIII. Ch. II.
MORESCO STYLE.
499
That of St. Roman at Toleclo 1 is a very pleasing and pure example of
the style, but neither so picturesque nor so characteristic as that at
Ilescas (Woodcut No. 961), not far from Madrid, which, though
differing essentially from any Gothic steeple, is still in every part
appropriately designed, and, notwithstanding its sti’ongly marked
Tower at Ilescas. (From Villa Amil.)
horizontal lines, by no means deficient in that aspiring character so
admirable in Gothic steeples.
Another remarkable example is the tower and roof of the church of
St. Paul, Saragoza. It is so unlike anything else in Europe, that it
might pass for a church in the Crimea or the steppes of Tartary. As
1 An engraving of this tower is given plete enumeration of all the examples of
in Street’s ‘ Gothic Architecture in Spain,’ the style to be found in Toledo.
page 225, accompanicd with a very com-
2 K 2
MORESCO STYLE.
499
That of St. Roman at Toleclo 1 is a very pleasing and pure example of
the style, but neither so picturesque nor so characteristic as that at
Ilescas (Woodcut No. 961), not far from Madrid, which, though
differing essentially from any Gothic steeple, is still in every part
appropriately designed, and, notwithstanding its sti’ongly marked
Tower at Ilescas. (From Villa Amil.)
horizontal lines, by no means deficient in that aspiring character so
admirable in Gothic steeples.
Another remarkable example is the tower and roof of the church of
St. Paul, Saragoza. It is so unlike anything else in Europe, that it
might pass for a church in the Crimea or the steppes of Tartary. As
1 An engraving of this tower is given plete enumeration of all the examples of
in Street’s ‘ Gothic Architecture in Spain,’ the style to be found in Toledo.
page 225, accompanicd with a very com-
2 K 2