The architecture of the Renaissance in France; a history of the evolution of the arts of building, decoration and garden design under classical influence from 1495 to 1830 (1911)
the westernportico, whose entablature runs round the building, and is surmountedby a balustrade except at the four principal faces where pedimentsoccur (Fig. 438). The walls, which but for the doors are unpierced,are so high that they conceal the clearstorey windows placed on theline of the… … en
