A history of French architecture, from the reign of Charles VIII till the death of Mazarin (1911)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London : G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 121
a-tions ( Devis) were drawn up in order to arrive at a contract for thework, it seems doubtful whether there were any carefully measuredplans of the old work, or working drawings to scale of the new. Thebuilding contractor was in fact free to carry out the work his own waywithin certain general… … o►J X I, in FACE P. 47] THE NEW MANNER AND FRANCOIS I 47 amateur lets himself go on a building, omissions and want of foresighthad to be repaired as the work went along and as best they could, andit was only the tradition of the building trades, handed down fromfather to son, that saved the royal…
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