Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 120
ntral nave, Renaissance. Ten chapels surround thenaves, and ten others radiate from the chancel. Thetransept was enlarged at the end of the Fifteenth Century.The vault of the great nave is still standing on its square plan,which does not prevent the flying-buttresses being repro-duced identically… … SENS CATHEDRAL SENS CATHEDRAL 85 The exterior expresses solidity rather than elegance:narrow windows, heavy buttresses, massive walls. Of itsrich Gothic statuary, there still remains the beautiful statueof St. Stephen attached to the middle shaft of the centralporch. Let us also mention the…
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