Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 130
ent contrast to its surroundings. As it was neitherbeautiful nor interesting, it mattered very little that houseshemmed it about. Straight side walls, a straight wall atthe apse-end, a new and commonplace tower, it mightalmost have been the prim church of some Xew Englandvillage. Only the facade… … the trace of a GRACEFrX .\RCH .\BO\E .\X ANGULAR XMH DOOR. — V.ABRES. Vabres. 115 gaudy altar of the epoch of the roi soleil, stands flaunt-ingly where a simpler, truer altar must once have stood.The single nave and its side-chapels are neatly whitewashedand painted in imitation of the stone which…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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