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Rh Bk. VIII. Ce. III. MILAN CATHEDEAL. 341 there is |only space for small openings, which more resemble the windows of an attic than of a clerestory. The greater quantity of light being thus introduced by the tall windows of the outer aisle, the appearance is that of a building lighted from below, which is fatal to architectural effect. The model still preserved on the spot shows that the German 771. View of the Interior of Milan Cathedral. ( From Rosengarten.) architect designed great portals at each end of the transepts. This, however, was overruled in favor of two small polygonal apses. Instead of the great octagonal dome which an Italian would have j)laced upon the intersection of the whole width of the nave and transepts, German influence lias confined it to the central aisle, which is perhaps more to be regretted tli an any other mistake in the building.