Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 272
ral of Soissons,built, like the six first bays of Notre-Dame of Noyon, be-tween 1180 and 1190. The new architect continued the work of his predecessorin diminishing the girth of the heavy columns; in loweringthe level of the bases, the profile of which he modified; andin suppressing the rings of… … NOYON CATHEDRAL 201 the prototype of that of the Cathedral of Senlis, consecratedon June i6, 1191, and completely restored in its upper partafter the fire of 1504. The architect of the Cathedral ofLaon was also inspired by the arrangement of the nave ofNoyon. In the Fourteenth Century they…
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