The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 227
FIG. 84. MORTUARY CHAPEL, MONT-MAJOUR. enable it to compete with the very successful cemeteryof the Alyscamps at Aries, the monks had not only putup the fabricated inscription above referred to, but hadalso caused these trenches to be cut in the rock torepresent the graves of martyrs. 202 MEDIAEVAL… … MONT-MAJOUR. 203 We have already seen that this monastery was fortifiedand surrounded with walls. But it was chiefly strengthenedwith a great donjon, such as the abbots, who were alsogreat feudal lords, frequently constructed for their ownsecurity, and that of the monks and their treasures, incase…
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