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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 415

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asilica, somewhat like San IMiniato at Florence(Fig. 33, P- io\). But this design has now been ingeni-ously altered and destroyed, and the whole character of theinterior degraded from being one of the most interestingchurches of Provence into a commonplace Renaissancechapel. By means of stucco the… … FIG. 218. PLAN OF CHURCH OF BIOT. side of the church above the old arches. A groinedvault in plaster springing from the top of the cornice is BIOT. 391 thrown across the nave. The old pillars with their capsand bases have, however, been allowed to remain un-changed on the side next the aisles,…

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