Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 241
tions in the timber roof theexisting fabric agrees with his print. In this design (Fig. 118) there is no survival of the characterof a mediaeval stronghold, though the rectangular pavilions,which break the long facades, and the high pitched roofs are 1 op. cit., plate 2. 198 ARCHITECTURE OF THE… … Fig. 118. — Part of Du Cerceaus print of Lescots Louvre. scheme. In the feudal castle the towers had of necessity tostand out beyond the curtain walls in order from their loop-holes and battlements to defend them. But the salient pavilionsof the Louvre have no function; they do not even…
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