Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 160
ections, one seems to see the seeds of growthand of the future Gothic art.Cloister, The cloister of Moissac (Plate CXI I) is one of the finest in France though it has been a great deal alteredsince it was first built. Its original date is given by aninscription which with its abbreviations expanded… … The Cloister—MOISSAC CH. xxij FRANCE—TOULOUSE 89 No explanation has ever been found of these mysteriousinitials ; they have puzzled all the antiquaries. Thesculptures and the capitals no doubt belong to the dateof the inscription, but the cloister was re-built early in the12th century, when the…