Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 312
learned; his conception, ad-mirable;—he was unskilfully aided by his workmenand the materials j)laced at his disposition were notadequate. His work is none the less an invaluable subject forstudy, since he has given us the means of recognisingthe results which his system of construction… … IT IS A MASTERPIECE OF FRENCH ARCHITECTURE; . . . AND THE PITYIS THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FINISHED. —BEAUVAIS. VOL. II.—19 289 Beauvais 291 is, that it could not have been finished and placed inthe midst of a conservative population who, like theancient Greeks, would have known how to…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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