A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 195
design without either poverty or extravagance.The little lantern of Ste. Marie de lEpine (Woodcut No. 644), thoughsmall, is as graceful an object as can well be designed ; and the newspire at Chartres (Woodcut No. 627), as before remarked, is, except as 170 FRENCH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. regards the… … 665. St. Pierre, Caen. (From Cliapuy.) been of wood, to their having been allowed to decay, and to theirremoval; while in other instances it is certain that the design oferecting them has been abandoned in consequence of the tower, whenfinished, having been found insufficient to bear their weight.…
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