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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 216

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ich should extend aboutthese arches was to be single and from it seven chapelsshould radiate. The Chapel of Our Lady, at theextreme Eastern end, was to be larger and deeperthan those at its sides. It was also decided that thefagade should have two lofty towers, that a centralspire should rise above… … THE INTERIOR HAS THE r.RAXDEUR OF FINE AND SIMPLE FORMS PLACEDIN AN IMMENSITY OF SPACE.—AMIENS. VOL. II—13 193 Amiens 195 form the classic type of a great church, the highestideal which Christian architecture has conceived.With the exception of the lateral chapels, whichunfortunately were added in…

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