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 197
666. Lantern, St. Ouen, Rouen. (From a print by Cnapuy.) 1 This was taken down in 1S56 torelieve the piers of the tower which werebeing crushed owing to their defective VOL. II. construction. After the rebuilding of thepiers in 1856-59, a poorly designedGothic lantern was substituted.—Ed.N 178… … It would be in vain to attempt to enumerate all the smaller deco-rative features that crowd every part of the Gothic churches of France,many of which indeed belong more to the department of the sculptorthan to that of the architect, though the two are so intimately inter-woven that it is impossible…
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