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176 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE.' Part IL last accomj^lished in the chapter-house at York, the most perfect example of the class existing, as its boasting inscription testifies, — ' Ut Rosa flos florum, Sic Domus ista Doinorum." 606. Chapter-House, York. (Cath. Hb.) Like all the rest of them, its diametei* is 57 or 58 ft. — as has been suggested, an octagon inscribed in a circle of 60 ft. diameter. In this instance alone has a perfect Gothic dome been accomplished. It is 12 ft. less in diameter than the lantern at Ely, and much less in
