Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 370
st are thework of men,above all, of menof art. The great de-struction oc-curred between1699 and 1753. Ahuge Saint Chris-topher was thenremoved; and anequestrian statuewhich stood in theinterior was alsodestroyed. It isunfortunate thatthe figure of theSaint so loved bythe XIII centuryshould have… … A CURIOUS DETAIL. 336 The Early Gothic Dame to render thanks for the French victory beforeCassel. The loss of fine details, and especially of a Cloister,is always deplorable; but although it was practicallycompleted in the XIII century, although the XVcentury did not add one stone to its building,…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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