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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 207

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=^ ^ ^ i^ -^^-/ FIG. 69. CASTLE OF BEAUCAIRE FKO.M N.-K. 1/6 MEDIEVAL PERIOD. to the first floor is straight and is carried up in the thicknessof the wall. The first floor forms a triangular hall withgroined vault of peculiar form, has a fireplace in one angle,and is lighted with small loops. From… … no. 70. PLANS OF THE KEEP. case is carried up as a wheel in the south angle of the walls.The top floor has a segmental vault which carries the flatstone roof This is formed of stone flags all overlappedand laid in regular courses, each slightly higher than theothers as they rise towards the centre.…

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