Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 110
d: the great and powerful proportions of the oldRomanesque style (transept and choir); the stern beauty andthe harmonious proportions of the nave, which belongs tothe florescence of the Gothic style (middle cf the ThirteenthCentury); the rich forms of the tower and the facade withtheir artistic… … STRASSEURG CATHEDRAL ]] thing combines to fill the observ^er with admiration andwonder. The overwhelming impression is still heightened by thesplendid material out of which the Cathedral is built, the redsandstone of the Vosges, which owing to its durability pre-serves even to this day the finest…
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