Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France : including Bourges, Troyes, Reims and Rouen (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 258
e interior closed by the Easternwall which is so splendidly set with glass, it is theembodiment of a sober and majestic ideal of the earlyGothic and, whatever the source of its inspiration, itwas not unworthy of French builders. Between the choir and the nave rises the squarelantern, with its… … A SQUARE APSE WHICH, WHATEVER ITS IXSllKATION,WAS NOT UNWORTHY OF FRENCH BUILDERS.—LAON. Cathedrals, the workmanship is as careful as that ofthe most frequented portions of the edifice; and theheads of men and monsters, the angel with foldedhands and outspread wings, and the large wreath 228 The…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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