The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 431
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… … FIG. 233. PLAN OF CHURCH, ST PAUL-DL-VAR. access from the interior to the upper floors. To reachthese he would have to climb a steep stair, enclosedwithin a wooden casing with trapdoor shut, and wouldthus be exposed to attack with all kinds of mi.ssiles fromthe platform above, where the defenders…
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