Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 124
dvanced style here described belongsprobably to the beginning of the thirteenth century. M. Viollet le Dueseems to think that the western facade was not begun till about 1218 ; butI think it must have been earlier, because the corbels and upper jamb-stones of the south-western portal, unlike the… … Figs. 47, Notre Dame, Paris. applied. I exhibit specimens of this class of foliage inNotre Dame (Figs. 47, 48). I will also call attention toa drawing of one of the capitals from the apse of St.Leu, near Creil (said to have beenexecuted a little after a greataccession of wealth to the abbeyin 1175,…
Architecture, Medieval · Architecture, Gothic
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