Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 196
e 26th of May, 1461, whenthe first stone was laid by Philippe Courould, Abbot of St.Pierre, this tower was completed in 1534, from the designsof Jean Stassins. In 1533, on the yth of August, the naveand transept were begun to be rebuilt on the older founda-tion ; they were unfinished in 1550, when… … ST. BAVON, GHENT 143 summit may be seen Brussels, Antwerp, Mechlin, Bruges,and Vlissingen ; there was originally a fine wooden spire, de-stroyed by lightning in 1603. As it exists, this tower isdivided into three stages pierced by four tiers of lancets,with moulded archivolts and deeply recessed,…
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