31. The abbey is renowned for the delicacy of its stone work in flying buttresses and window tracery. 32. The building is supported externally by normal and flying buttresses and crossing the transept is a dome. 33. The small lead-covered spire with flying buttresses was added by A . E . Street in 1896. 34. In 1891 a pair of flying buttresses designed by Reginald Blomfield was added to the west tower. 35. Only later did they hit upon the idea of flying buttresses to " bend " lateral forces. 36. What appear to be flying buttresses create a massive flared base projecting outwards from the main fa�ade. 37. The scenes of Quasi among the gothic spires, flying buttresses and sun-soaked stained-glass windows are wonderfully constructed. 38. In fact, its facade was patterned after that of Notre Dame ( sorry, no flying buttresses ). 39. It was built of pink granite rubble with limestone trim, with a steeple supported by flying buttresses . 40. Flying Buttress was among the first to introduce the concept of the European graphic novel to American audiences.
