Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 258
Verneilh. removed from the construction of the domed churches atAngouleme and Fontevrault. Its continuous nave andchoir, without aisles or chapels (Fig. 67), covered byvast quadripartite vaults which rise enormously, dome-fashion, in each bay, is obviously inspired by theneighbouring churches,… … Fig. 68. ch. ix] PROVINCIAL STYLES 16 j examples of it. The ancient Hotel Dieu, founded in Angers1153 by our King Henry II, is a magnificent structure Dieuconsisting of a vast three aisled hall measuring about200 x 75 feet, at the end of which is a beautiful chapel,with a Romanesque cloister, and a…
Architecture, Gothic
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