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Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)

Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 138

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rtistic regularity, and no wall of anyof the French Cathedrals is similar to it. The first two pillars of the nave and those of thecrossing are of colossal bulk; and big Norman pillars,flanked by four little columns, line the aisles and reston heavy bases. About the hemicycle of the choirstand… … THE NAVE from ONE OF THE GALLERIES OF THE WESTERN WALL. REIMS. Reims 117 or fantastic forms which were broadly and richlvexecuted. From one of the galleries of the Western wall, a veryclear apprehension of some fundamental ideas whichgoverned thebuilding of thenave is possible.Before ones eyeslie…

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