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Byzantine and Romanesque architecture (1913)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 115

An illustration from Byzantine and Romanesque architecture, 1913, leaf 115
rtis incomplete, and was intended probably to finish like 6o FRANCE—AOUITAINE [CH. XIX that of S. Leonard. The latter is a very fine structureindeed, though a Httle ungraceful in general outline. Itstands against the north side of the nave, and the groundstorey which serves as a porch to the church… … Fig. 86. octagonal lantern surmounted by a low spire. Theoctagon is set on the square not in the usual way butobliquely, with an angle instead of a side to the front.This device is peculiar to Limoges, near which townS. Leonard is situated : the cathedral and the churchesof S. Pierre and S. Michel…

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