Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 324
an edifice so truthful proclaim itsfunction with such simplicity. At every point the boneswere just beneath the flesh; each one recognized itsrole: there was not a recess, there was not a projectionwhich did not justify its presence. The fixed frame-work of the exterior, the immense parallel arches… … Paris (xiii Century). Triforium, wall, and vault.{Cathedral.) gigantic animal. Every one of its organs, from the haughtiest to the most obscure, participates in its power—the humble ornament, the flower that varies a plane that would be too bare without it, the slight bas-20 298 MEDIAEVAL ART…
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