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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 76

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Albi. 59 lost to sight. Besides these paintings, which rather detractfrom than add to the churchs dignity, there is a work ofart so beautiful that to see it is to forget that it sadly cuts … the young and mild saint john.- the churchs simple lines and that it is too ornate to har-monise with the Cathedrals native style. To see the choir-screen is to forget all else. One could pass whole hoursin contemplating this lovely, ever-changing detail, writesProsper Merimee, in astonished wonder…

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