Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 280
ng of XI\ century re-building; the Gothic con-struction of Pope Clement. In spite of its size, the spaceseems restricted. An altar, which was used for parishservices, was placed in the first Gothic bay, and far too near,rises the obstructing wall of the choir-screen. ]\Iore thanat Rodez, even more… … the choir-screen.— SAINT-BERTRAND-DE-COMIONGES. Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. 261 stone seems a forbidding grey, and even the sun and many-candlelights fail to add cheer. In spite of the shrine andthe old tombs of the side-chapels, the glories of the churchare within the choir-screen, for this was a…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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