The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 471
ically pierced withsombre loop-holes présent an abrupt and naked appearance ; but the mono- 400 ARCHITECTURE. tony of their lines is picturesquely broken by the projection of overbangingturrets, by the corbels of tbe macbicolated arches, and by the embrasures ofthe battlements. A vast amount of… … * Fig. 319.—Tour de Nesle, whicli occupied the site of the Eschange on the banks of the Seine, Paris.(From an Engravîng of the Seventeenth Centnr>.) the most déserted vallej^s, the apparatus of strength and defence of citiesand towns—gâtes, ramparts, towers, citadels, &c., immense works…
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