Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 36
blique thrust upon massive walls. In the Carolingianperiod, the basilica wasstill covered with a timberroof after the antiquefashion; it was only incertain crypts that a low,narrow vault rested heavi-ly on sturdy pillars. Itwas not until the beginningof the eleventh centurythat architects began… … FIG. 28.—NAVE OF THE MADELEINE AT VEZELAY (GOTHIC choir). (Pluilu. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE
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