As regards the earlier periods, some of the dates are only approximate, and certain names are inserted and others omitted with hesitation.


APPENDIX B.[ToC]

COMPARATIVE SIZE OF ST. PAUL'S.

AREA IN SQUARE FEET OF SOME OF THE LARGEST CHURCHES.

Square Feet Square Feet
S. Peter's, Rome227,000St. Isaac's68,845
Milan108,277Chartres68,261
Seville100,000(?)Rheims67,475
Florence84,802Lincoln66,900
St. Paul's84,311Winchester64,200
Cologne81,464Paris, Notre Dame64,108
York72,860Westminster61,729
Amiens71,208Canterbury56,280
Antwerp70,000(?)

The Basilica of Constantine was 68,000 square feet.

St. Paul's is not so long as Winchester, Ely, York, and Canterbury.