Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 384
ea, led to the construc-tion ... of a subterranean church which is actuallyabove ground. The subterranean church of which the eminentauthority speaks is not the ancient crypt of the IX orXI century, but a structure which surrounds it like aspacious ambulatory. The Roman ramparts of the cityof… … 349 Bourses 351 had to be laid and they were built in the form of thesubterranean church which is actually above ground.No care and no art were spared in the making of thesefoundations. The finest materials were used, the work-manship shows neither crudity nor haste, and twelvelarge windows light…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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