Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 236
TUkf TT^ffl ^ TJftr ^rw XRADITION SAYS THAT THKSE STALLS WKRK CUT FROM THE OAKS OFTHE ARCHEPISCOPAL DOMAIN OF MAZ RES.—AUCH. marl)le, stucco statues, altars of painted wood, and orna-ments of tawdry Ijrass, are literally lost—swallowed as itwere—in space and in capacious shadows; and those whichare… … down the long side-aisle the view is undisturbed.—AUCH. Eauze. Auch. 217 believed to be among the most beautiful of the Renaissance,and tradition says were so much appreciated by Catherinede Medicis, that only the courageous efforts of the Canonsprevented their summary removal to Paris. Unlike…
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