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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 256

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t portalnor tlie more elaborate one of the south side are worthy oflong study. The church has no daintiness of decoration,no outward delicacies of form; and it is from afar, fromthe valleys, that the heavy walls and tall, angular towerlose their awkward massiveness and become finely imposingas they… … Condom. 237 are lost in the immensity. Through the beautiful windowsof the choir and nave the church is filled with floods oflight. The vaulting springs with a truly noble breadth ofcurve, and underneath its vast expanse the flood of light,falling between the white stone walls, far from creating…

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