The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 466
Fig. 317.—The Castle of Coucy in its ancient state.(From a Miniature taken from a Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century.) a sort of eloquent boldness that the towers and the donjons shoot into theair, succeed each other at intervals, command and support each other. Itis frequently not without a sort… … Fig. 318.—The Castle of Vincennes, as it was in the Seventeenth Century. Evidently, if the castle raises its gloomy head high into the air, it has noother object in doing so than to secure to itself the advantages of distanceand height ; but not the less on that account does it stand out on the…
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