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Architectural studies in France (1854)

Petit, John Louis, 1801-1868, Delamotte, Philip Henry, 1821-1889 · London : George Bell · leaf 162

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liarity has been noticed in this church ; viz. the increase in height of the nave to the westward. Some of the capitals and bands of foliage are of ex- quisite workmanship ; both in its detail and general composition, this church will be found to be one of the most curious and inter- esting in… … St. Martin, Angers. venth and twelfth centuries. The central tower compartment is covered by a dome, whose pendentives rest on small engaged shafts, themselves supported on the abacus of massive cylindrical

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