Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 112
he rose in themiddle and the ogival windows, of two lights and a roseabove, in each of the towers. Perhaps the most espe-cially characteristic thing in this front is the light colon-nade above the windows, which makes a sort of openscreen in the space between the towers, and by thismeans prevents… … TYMPANUM OF THE PORTE .STE. ANNE. Notre Dame and the Sainte Chapelle. 65 to the whole front, which could hardly have been ob-tained by any other means. The upper part of thetowers is remarkable for the great length of the open-ings (about fifty feet), and both towers seem to termi-nate very plainly…
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