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Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)

Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 422

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a quaint trace of the old canonicaldependencies, a building which stands in an almostruined state near the Northern wall of the apse. Itseems to be a construction of the XII century; and as,after 1123, the Chapter did not live in community,it was used as a store-house for the vast casks of winefrom… … the old covered stairway which leads into a weedy and neglectedcourtyard. —meaux. 395 Meaux 397 arches, and short, squat jiillars whose capitals wereornamented by big, grossly-cut leaves. Above thisroom, there was another hall whose beamed ceilingupheld the roof without interior supports.…

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