Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 288
rement—andthe magnificent fiying-buttresses. These flying-buttresses give to the exterior its mostcurious and beautiful effect. They are a form of Gothicseldom attempted in the South, and exist here in a ratherexceptional construction. Over the chapels which surroundthe apse rise a series of… … ■these flying-buttresses give to the exterior its most curiousand beautiful effect.—narbonne. Perpignan. 263 grace and withal a lightness that relieves the heavinessimposed on the church by the towers and the immensestrength of the body of the apse. They are the chief aswell as the most salient…
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