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Cathedrals of southern France (1904)

[Mansfield, Milburg Francisco], 1871- [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page and company · leaf 102

An illustration from Cathedrals of southern France, 1904, leaf 102
y and tersely described as a mereLombard shell with a Gothic porch. Thishardly does it justice, even as to preciseness.The easterly portion is Lombard, withoutquestion, and the nave is of the northernpointed variety; a not unusual admixture offeature, but one which can but suggest thatstill more,… … r- The Cathedrals of Southern France quite as lofty in proportion. This producesan effect of great amplitude, nearly as muchso as of the great hailed churches at Albi orthe aisleless St. Andre at Bordeaux, and con-trasts forcibly in majesty with the usual Gothicconception of great height, as…

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