Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 258
elv many of these sculptures were torn from theircrannies in the great Revolution; and it is only a few ofthe heavenlv hosts,—the gracious Madonna, Saint ^Michael,and the Prophets,—that remain as types of those thatwere so wantonly destroyed. The low, empty gables thatsheltered lost statues, their… … THE CATHEDRAL.— AIX. Aix. 233 naissance, partly Gothic. The Sibyls and Prophets standunder canopies, surrounded by foliage, fruits, and flowers, orisolated from each other by little buttresses or pilasters.This Gothic portal quite outshines, in its graceful elabora-tion, the smaller door which…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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