Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 406
theHigh Altar, onetarries long,—looking into t h enave. In theirhemi cycle rise thearches of the choir,their angles soft-ened by the darktones of thestained-glass; be-yond, i n clearerlight, the sheerline of the navefalls from the high,delicate capitals,and it is as if whiteveils had beendrawn… … THE DUSTY WALK OF THE TRIFORIUM.—TOURS. 380 The Flamboyant in happy accord; and if the true beauty of an edifice,as the genial Abbe Bourasse writes, consists neither inits mass, nor in the immensity of its extent, but in thehappy gathering of qualities which delight, this cen-tral nave and choir of…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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