The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 430
FIG. 231. WEST END OF CHURCH, ST PAUL-DU-VAR. The two string courses on the next floor were nodoubt inserted, one for the purpose of carrying the strutsof a sloping roof, and the other to cover the junction ofthe roof with the stone-work. Although partly cut away,these strings are yet fairly… … I - 4o6 MEDLEVAL PERIOD. would co\-cr the wooden i^-alleiy or hoarding which, wehave seen, protected the principal doorways and stair-case. The outer approaches to this keep were thus mostcarefully defended. An assailant, who managed byscaling ladders to get up to the first floor or guard-room…
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