Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 424
een added, at least one hundred feetof additional length would have been required to restorethe harmony; and, though externally it would no doubthave gained by such an adjunct, this gain would nothave been adequate to the additional expense soincurred. The exterior of the church is gigantic, heavy,… … a stately, grey forest of high pillars. —BOURGES. 389 Bo urges 39i Poitiers, wrote of the delicacy of the columns of thesecond Cathedral which was finished in 380. Thisold, traditional characteristic of the architecture ofBourges has been continued in the Cathedral of theXII and XIII centuries, and…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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