Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942 · New York, Scribner's · leaf 182
belfry never suc-ceeded in getting above the roof. Neverthelessthey were a wonderfully picturesque and eventheatrical composition of pointed portals, fan-tastic gables, dormers, and turrets, and a very en-gaging epitome of five centuries of architecturalmutations. The Hotel de Ville of Bruges is as… … BRUGES, HOTEL DE VILLE THE BURGHERS AND THEIR BUILDING 135 ture, combining the restraint and the simplicityof early Gothic with the exquisite ornament andthe sense of decorative beauty of the latest Gothic,it is not of record. It seems to come at the mid-most point, when everything met together,…
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