Summer holidays among the glories of France, her cathedrals and churches (1902)
Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis), 1861-1916 · London, T. B. Bumpus · leaf 24
iefly for their porches,while a lovely doorway in the fortress-like church of Magnelonehas quite a Saracenic air. In Aquitaine, the richest field for the study of the Roman-esque of that province is the department of Charente, withAngouleme for its centre. What an architectural feast is herespread… … ANGOULEME CATHEDRAL{Spccii)iC)i o/tke Early Gothic of Western Franec) Still farther south we find Perigueux, Roulet, and Souillac,and the vast five-aisled St. Sernin at Toulouse. Round archesand tunnel vaults, pointed arches and domical roofs are featurespeculiar to the churches of this…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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