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 400
g stretch,unbroken by the lines of transepts, it is impossibleto believe that Bourges is the shortest of the greatCathedrals. The immense development of the apse can be seenfrom the old archiepiscopal gardens. Four windowedstories unite tomake its beautiful,rounded height.The outer walls ofthe… … A GROVE OF STIFF LITTLE PINNACLES.—BOURGES. chapels, which were part of the original plan, resemble little towers,their roofs are octagonal cones of stone, and they or-nament most simply and naturally the apses secondstage. Between them, a few straight buttresses, likethe trunks of immense, sparse,…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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