The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 256
rchitecture, which is not one of the least curiouslorms of the style. Here is again restored the influence of the west,and pediments indicate the inclination of the roof, although the Greeksnever used carpentry in their ancient churches. One of the finestexamples of this period is the Ecs Miazin, a… … The figure above although partaking largely of the Roman, yetshows to what an extent the influence of the Byzantine school was felt,though in this case the interior presents much more points of resem-blance than the outside. Our engraving, it must be observed, repre-sents Notre Dame at Poitiers,…
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