Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 288
er,—so well hidden in so remote a height. The facade towers are ornamented by forty animals;and the strange attitudes of some of them, the fright-ful or peaceful expression of others, the portrayal ofpassions and sentiments which are human rather thanbrutish, lend an intimate interest to these… … A NOOK IN THE TOWER. LAON. 257 Laon 259 animals at so conspicuous, so marked a post,—a placeof honour, as it were, in a Christian Cathedral,—is un-usual and astonishing. History is silent; but, as isoften the case, a quaint and touching legend suppliesa possible and, indeed, a probable…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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