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 467
ically pierced withsombre loop-holes present an abrupt and naked appearance ; but the mono- 400 ARCHITECTURE. tony of tlieir lines is picturesquely broken by tbe projection of overhangingturrets, by tbe corbels of tbe machicolated arches, and by the embrasures ofthe battlements. A vast amount of… … Fig. 319.—Tour de Nesle, which occupied the site of the Exchange on the banks of the Seine, Paris.(From an Engraving of the Seventeenth Century.) the most deserted valleys, the apparatus of strength and defence of citiesand towns—gates, ramparts, towers, citadels, &c, immense works…
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