A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 86
nquirj).The works of the classical Renaissance arevery abundant in Normandy, and are of sin-gular attractiveness; but none of them are ofvery great size or cost. The small chateaux,or, lus tliey might with greater pro])riety becalled, the maiinirn, of the years immediatelyfollowing the ex])ulsion… … FRANCE means of defence, and accordingly the buildingsof the manor were ranged around a large coiut-yard, to which they served as rampart, andfrom which they had their only entrance. Asingle gateway, more or less fortified, senred asentrance to this great enclosure. The famous Manoir dAngo, near…
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