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Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 99

An illustration from Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy, 1915, leaf 99
T. G. J. SENLIS— The Choir ch. iv] THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD 67 of the facade. The vanished spire had triangular taber- S. Denisnacles at the corners of the tower, and gabled spire-lightsbetween. The spirelets of these eight structures had thefront face upright and the back sloped. This deviceoccurs… … Fig. 24. have been by the same architect, with the very unhappyeffect of making these pinnacles seem to bulge outwards. The church, once a cathedral, of Notre Dame at SenlisSenlis cannot differ much in date from that of S. Denis1,and indeed some of its details seem more primitive.The choir has an…

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