The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 220
ithboldly moulded transverse ribs thrown between the solidpiers and consoles on the inner wall. The latter and thestring course between them are about two feet higherthan the cornice on the side of the arcade from which thevault springs, thus giving an awkward shape to thetransverse ribs. This… … 190 MEDIEVAL PERIOD. of Mont-Majour, to be treated of presently. In thethirteenth century, when the two other sides of the cloisterwere restored, the outer \\all was raised so as to convertthe sloping roof into a level promenade, furnished withstone seats along the parapet. The angle piers are so…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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