The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 325
t,And by touch of chisel taughtUtterance of human thought,Let the choral arches singJoyfully a welcoming. A doorway of this kind may be seen in the abbeyChurch of St.-Gilles, in Languedoc (Fig. 119), immor- 302 THE ROMANESQUE STYLE. talized by Prosper Merimee and frequently cited byViollet-le-Duc.… … FlG. 119.—Church of St.-Gilles, in Languedoc. whom also we owe the introduction of the blind ar-cades mentioned above and well represented in theCathedral at Pisa (Plate X KXV1.. No cornice ever beetled above Romanesque build-ings, but a plain parapet, with often a row ol blocksbeneath, stretched…
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