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

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : Dutton · leaf 216

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ELEVENTH-CENTURY CAP, CLOISTER, ST. LIZIER. of four colonnettes, above which a quatrefoil is piercedin the wall. The east side has six arches without thecentral pier. The arches are all round, but while theeast side is entirely unmoulded, and the north has asimple chamfer, those on the other side… … L_> 174 ST. GIRONS AND ST. LIZIER abaci, which are ornamented; most of the bases havespurs, and many of them deep hollow mouldings.The caps are elaborately carved, with great variety ;the variations in the style of the profiles of the archesand of the bases suggest repairs or a partial…

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