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Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon (1912)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · London, Murray · leaf 448

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of the same period,the twelfth century. The talent of the sculptors of theTolosan school is well shown in these carvings, and alsotheir limitations. As in the cloister of Moissac theornamental work is more successful than the figuresculpture, which often allows itself quaintness andeven awkwardness… … THE CATHEDRAL 377 the Jews in Western Europe; as is the case at Ariesand St. Gilles, though in Provence the tradition ofGallo-Roman design and technique was more insistent.Still, Toulouse also had her antique sculpture manu-factory at Martres Tolosane, and works were producedthere not inferior to…

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