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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 361

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336 MEDLEVAL PERIOD. could be traced on one side of this cloister, two membersof that house having been Abbots commendatory of theLerins. This probably marks the date of the restoration—fifteenth century—but the original pillars seem to be atleast a century older. Some of the tiles of the floor,… … FIG. 170. CASTLE OF ST HONOR.VT (scctio)l /rO»t N. tO S.) The corbels in the wall to support the beams of the roof aredistinctly visible. The roof may have formed a platform ST HONORAT. 337 nearly on the level of the battlements. The two upperfloors were not vaulted, but arches were thrown across…

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