Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 236
and transformed them into niches. TheRevolution, scarcely more stupid, but less religious,converted the side-aisles into a stable for eight hundredhorses, the transepts into store-houses, and the choirinto a dance-hall. Yet, in spite of these blasphemousand absurd changes, and the fires, invasions,… … ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATISM AND . . . ARCHAIC ORIGINALITY WEREDISPLAYED HERE. NOYON. 205 Laon 207 voted child, the great Arch-heretic of Noyon was wontto pray. In the history of Gothic architecture, this Cathedralhas an important place as one of the most beautifuland valuable works of the period.…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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