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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 167

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and not real Romanwork. Such imperfections affect the details rather than thegeneral style. In the instance before us, it is stated thatthe cornice of the antique part of the tower above the porchis copied exactly from that of the attic of the Arch at Orange. The interior of Notre Dame des Doms is… … PI ■J ¥ •iV 11 \h\ A tecnth century, while Renaissance balconies in marble havebeen added in front of the gallery, over the side aisles. In the choir is a remarkable chair of the twelfth century,in white marble, which was theseat of the Pope; and the tomb ofJohn XXII. (Fig. 48), in one ofthe side…

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