A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 84
nurSaint FRANCE the fortified church of Vire (Calvados), are im-portant monuments of this style. When the ribbed vault was established withinthe original royal domain of France, Normandy,still a quasi-independent state and often at warwith its suzerain, the king at Paris, was notvery quick to… … amoti;; thr most iiii|iiiitaiit arrhitec- 1 .L !• xl • 1 J. I-RANCK, tural monuments oi this characterwhich exist in France, although theRouen tower hiis lost its original crowning mem-bers. This loss is the more regrettable becausethe singular disposition, with very lofty andslender dormer windows…
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