Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 330
come evident. The whole ofthe building proper is simple and restrained, the porchesand details are a mass of symbolic ornamentation andgraceful work. While simple and restrained, the sense ofstrength in the building is enormous. The enormous buttresses and their flying-buttresses intwo tiers are… … CHARTRES CATHEDRAL CHARTRES CATHEDRAL 243 The Western Front is the finest in some ways, in thatit is the most complete. At the ground level there arethree rather low doorways (which compose the western orusual entrance) dating from the first half of the TwelfthCentury, 1134—1150. Every available…
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