Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 167
church was con-structed in the XI century; but even its strength didnot preserve it. Architectural genius was rapidlyevolving new architectural forms; and the Bishop ofAuxerre who had attended the XII century Councilof Sens and his successors doubtless felt that it was 144 The Mature Gothic better… … NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN. —AUXERRE. more primitive style of Paris, Laon, Senlis, Sens, andNoyon had been supplanted by lighter forms before1215, when the work of Auxerre was begun. At this period, the religious traditions and customs Auxerre 145 which had led to the construction of…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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