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Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)

Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 42

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was in every sense a popular church. The Abbeywas built ])rimarily for its monks, and the Abbey-churchfor their meditation and worship. The French Cathedralwas the peoples, it was built by their money, not moneyfrom an Abbey-coffer. It did not stand, as the Cathedralof England, majestic and apart,… … A NAVE OF THE LATER SlYLE.— RODEZ. The South of France. 2 i tectural relic, as its building was never a mere architectu-ral feat. It is the symbol of a past stage of life, a majesticpart of the picture we conjure before our minds eye, whenwe consider IMediaevalism. Such a picture of a city of…

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