Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London, F. Griffiths · leaf 147
hichoccupies rather more than the whole of the tympanum space is thewell-known vampire which occurs on all great buildings erected for theuse of Francois I., and must, therefore, be considered as an armorialsignification more than a piece of pure decoration, though it is decor-atively introduced.…
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