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 271
capitals of the nave columns of Laon are farfrom possessing the richness of those of Paris, and theforms of the broad gallery are not so exquisitely slender,but the concord reigning between the different storiesof the aisle seems proportionately greater. In lookingfrom the gallery of Notre-Dame of… … BREAKS THE UPWARD LINE INTO MORE SYMMETRICALPROPORTIONS.—LAON. arcades have a fine and definite strength; and, whetherthe pillars of the nave are less massive in comparisonwith those of this first gallery, or whether the smalltriforium makes an additional story and breaks the up- Laon 241 ward line…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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