[Mansfield, Milburg Francisco], 1871- [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page and company · leaf 155
al pride doubtless accounts for this.Its height is fifty feet, and while astonishinglyimpressive in many ways, is, as a work of art,without beauty in itself. There is a sort of subterranean or crypt-like structure, beneath the westerly end of thecathedral, caused by the extreme slope of therock… … Le Puy be a unique approach to a cathedral; the en-trance here being two stories below that of thepavement of nave and choir. This porch ofthree round-arched naves is wholly unusual. 138 The Cathedrals of Southern France Entrance to the main body of the church isfinally gained through the transept.…
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