Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 416
hoir, the eyeis immediately im-pressed by aneccentricity ofconstruction. Thelower arches ofthe first bays arescarcely thirty feethigh, and theirsquat and stumpypillars support astory of charming,but open andgaping, arcadeswhich have thearchitectural de-fect of pretty uselessness. These lower arches… … A HIGH, NARROW 39C The Flamboyant Senlis, was surmounted by a large gallery to whichthe second tier of arcades belonged, and that thelow arches of the first story indicate the height ofthe primitive aisle. With succeeding years, the forms of this broad, uppergallery and the low, dark aisle became…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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