Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 412
openings isfinally surmounted by a Flamboyant balustrade, andthe entire structure reaches a height of two hundredfeet. Within its walls, during the Middle Ages, therehung a tocsin-bell engraved with the text, Unlessthe Lord keep the city, the watchers will watch invain; and, in time of war, a… … LOOKING ACROSS THE CHOIR, . . . WITH ITS ECCENTRICITY OF CON-STRUCTION. —MEAUX. VOL. II. 2 5 385 Meaux 3^7 no essential distinction. The apse, with its two rowsof flying-buttresses, the pinnacles of the straightpiles, and the gallery of the roof, has more agreeableand satisfying lines. It can…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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