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Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece (1828)

Woods, Joseph, 1776-1864 · London : J. and A. Arch · leaf 159

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e, said to have been built by Saint Sacerdos,inthe sixthcentury, and repaired, first by Ledrade in 802, and afterwards by Hughthe First, in 1103. The ancient work remaining is probably of the lastdate, but the inside is a poor modern restoration. The intersection iscrowned with an octangular tower,… … Co FR,CII AT AYNAI ST. NIZIER AT LYON. 131 by a citizen of the name of Renouard, who begun it in 1300, and finishedit before 1315, and we find here most of the characters of the fourthstyle of Gothic. There are small capitals at the springing of the archesof the nave, but the ribs are carried up…

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