Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 46
THE UNHEWN BLOCK SET ON END IN THE DRUIDS BETHEL. where it is at home and where it also achieved its highestbeauty, even as the influence of soil, sun, and climatemake the Cedar of Lebanon lift its head into the clouds. It was the apogee of a form of mediaeval construc-tion, writes James Floppin,… … THE GOTHIC. A SYSTEM OF PILLARS BUTTRESSED ANT. MADE FIRMBY ARCHES. — AMIENS. 15 The Gothic 17 mechanical skill, and Ruskin says that from the un-hewn block set on end in the Druids Bethel to theGothic Cathedral, this Lords House and blue-vitrailedgate of Heaven, you have the entire course and…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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