The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 175
nceto be attributed to the neighbourhood of the noble Roman ruins, manyof which still exist. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Gifts, at Avignon,has a porch the date of which is not well known, but which may bereferred to the eleventh century, from the introduction of the door ofthe church at the… … conformable to ancient tradition; the mouldings of the side cornice*have disappeared ; in the middle is a circular opening called by theChristian authors an oculits or eye. The pediment is supported by anentablature of bad proportions, but ornamented with details servilelyimitated froin Roman…
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