De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 213
THE CATHEDRAL OF AMIENSSame period as N6tre Dame, last years of twelfth and beginning of thir-teenth centuries. Typical cathedral of France. Having less charmthan one or two others, but having nearly every feature of agreat Gothic church in a perfect state of development. … CHARTRES CATHEDRAL Note the impressive simplicity, with the one central jewel of thewheel window. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE 185 and lay it directly upon the vaulting. Another great ad-vantage of pointed arches over round arches was the facilitywith which unequal distances could be spanned by arches ofthe…
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