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The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)

Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 397

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The finest of these is at Ypres (Plate LIII), whosefoundation stone was laid by Count Baldwin, whothree years later was hailed Emperor of Constanti-nople. Other beautiful buildings in the secular Gothicstyle still extant are : Westminster Hall, the HotelCluny at Paris, the Chateau de Langeais, the… … 0) o J CJ TUDOR ARCHITECTURE. 375 period of Gothic art, when a dangerous perfectionof craftsmanship had tempted the most conservativeinto exuberance and over-elaboration; yet even apurist can scarce weary of its gorgeous versatility.

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