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The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 351

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whereon up to this time the greater number of sancturieswere built, ceased to indicate as precisely as heretofore its outlines; thenave was raised considerably in height, the lateral chapels were multiplied,and often broke the perspective of the side-aisles; bell-towers assumedgreater importance,… … Fig. 254.—Tympanum of the Portal of St. Trophimus, at Aries. ^Twelfth Century.) Jumieges; and the Cathedral of Chalons-sur-Marne, are the principal ex-amples of the architecture of the mixed style. It should be remarked that for a long while, in the north of France,the pointed arch had prevailed…

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