Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 241
FIG. 124.—WEST FRONT OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS. 208 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. usually limited in depth to the thickness of the front wall.The Gothic builders secured increased depth by projectingthe portals out beyond the wall, and crowned them withelaborate gables. The vast central door was divided in… … a.,. ■ i f «» tliliri.ihl!. &wmntliillii(iM FIG. 125.—WEST FRONT OF ST. MACLOU, ROUEN. the jambs and arches were profusely adorned with figuresof saints, apostles, martyrs, and angels, under elaboratecanopies. The porches of Laon, Bourges, Amiens, andReims are especially deep and majestic in…
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