Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 287
walk.—BEAUVAIS. sance; the lines of the old moats testify to the grimstrength of the mediaeval Episcopacy; and the two,peaked, sturdy towers evidence the might of his Gran-deur, Simon de Clermont de Nesle, who, in 1306,paid for them with the fine of eight thousand poundsparisis which he had obliged… … TWO PEAKED, STURDY TOWERS ARE EVIDENCE OFTHE MIGHT OF THE BISHOP. BEAUVAIS. importance and the most artistic and famous of theindustries of Beauvais. Their type did not developafter the sombre-hued, handsome, but archaic formsof other noted schools of weaving. It followed the Beauvais 265 Italian…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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