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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 166

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o])ortioned to the toy town, is atfirst scarcelv ap])arent; but on entering, ones imj)ression isthat in this cool, vast interior, the population of Mirepoixmust be lost. The loftiness, the majesty of height, which. seems so inherent a quality of French Cathedrals, bothRomanesque and Gothic, is… … THE ARCHWAY OF THE OLD GATE. —MIREPOIX. Mirepoix. 151 spaciousness, and produce in the worshipper that emotionof empty breadth which is felt in the midst of a large, openplain. A series of chapel-alcoves are on either side of theroom, and seven others about the rounded choir, completethe original…

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