Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-, Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956. illus · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Company · leaf 302
k by building his noble structure over the Rh6ne,a terrible river. A Roman bridge had occupied the samespot, so that Benfezet may have used some of the Romanfoundations. His work, in any case, was done with un-usual rapidity, being finished in eight years (1177-1185).*In Brangwyns glorious picture… … EUROPEAN, PERSIAN AND CHINESE 237 romantic feature is the friar-architects tomb, the venerableChapel of St. Nicholas; and historians dwell upon the factthat never once has the chapel been injured by floods orby wars. All has been wrecked except the four archesdominated by the shrine of St. B^n^zet.…
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