The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 399
poral Commandant and the other that of thespiritual Lord. The frequent incursions of the Corsairswould render such a place of security desirable in con- 374 MEDIAEVAL PERIOD. nection with the cathedral, and would also enable thebishop to be independent of the temporal power. Bothkeeps are… … FIG. 207. TOWER OR KEEI ATTACHED TO CATHEDRAL, ANTIBES. arch, and has a moulded step to receive the ladder ormoveable stair by which it was approached. There arealso two corbels, one on each side of the doorw^ay, as iffor the purpose of carrying a pent house roof The stair iscarried up round the…
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