ILLUSTRATIONS
| Canterbury Cathedral. By A. Brunet-Debaines | [Frontispiece] | |
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| 1. | Plan of a cupola of the Abbey Church of St. Front at Périgueux | [17] |
| 2. | Pendentive of a cupola of the Abbey Church of St. Front at Périgueux | [18] |
| 3. | Diagonal section of a pendentive | [19] |
| 4. | Plan of a cupola of Angoulême or Fontevrault | [20] |
| 5. | Section of a bay of the cupolas of Angoulême | [20] |
| 6. | Section of a bay in the Church of St. Avit-Sénieur | [21] |
| 7. | Plan of vault on intersecting arches | [21] |
| 8. | Section of an intersecting arch | [22] |
| 9. | Plan of a bay in the nave of St. Maurice at Angers | [24] |
| 10. | Transverse section of the nave of St. Maurice at Angers | [25] |
| 11. | Plan of a bay of the nave. Ste. Trinité, Laval | [26] |
| 12. | Section of two bays of the nave. Ste. Trinité, Laval | [27] |
| 13, 14. | Comparative sections of Churches of Angoulême and Angers | [28] |
| 15. | View in perspective of nave vault. St. Maurice at Angers | [29] |
| 16. | Plan of a summer of the nave vault. Ste. Trinité, Laval | [30] |
| 17. | Plan of one of the nave piers. Ste. Trinité, Laval | [30] |
| 18. | Plan of the nave, St. Maurice, Angers | [33] |
| 19. | Plan of La Ste. Trinité, Angers | [34] |
| 20. | Section of a bay. Ste. Trinité, Angers | [35] |
| 21. | Transverse section of a bay. Ste. Trinité, Angers | [37] |
| 22. | Section of a single-aisled Church vaulted on intersecting arches with buttresses | [38] |
| 23. | Section of a three-aisled Church vaulted on intersecting arches with flying buttresses | [39] |
| 24. | Durham Cathedral. Transverse sections | [43] |
| 25. | Abbey Church at Noyon. Plan | [44] |
| 26. | Transverse section of Noyon Church | [45] |
| 27. | Church of Tournai, Belgium. Exterior view of north transept towards the Scheldt | [46] |
| 28. | Monastery Church at Moissac. Vault of the hall known as the Salle des Capitaines above the porch | [47] |
| 29. | Church of Tournai, Belgium. Interior of north transept | [47] |
| 30. | Soissons Cathedral, south transept. Section of flying buttress | [48] |
| 31. | Perspective view of south transept, Soissons Cathedral | [49] |
| 32. | Cathedral of Laon. Plan | [52] |
| 33. | Cathedral of Laon. Interior of the nave | [54] |
| 34. | Cathedral of Laon. Main façade | [55] |
| 35. | Cathedral of Laon. The east end | [57] |
| 36. | Cathedral of Laon. Section of the nave | [58] |
| 37. | Notre Dame de Paris. Plan | [59] |
| 38. | Notre Dame de Paris. Section of the nave | [60] |
| 39. | Notre Dame de Paris. Flying buttresses and south tower | [61] |
| 40. | Sens Cathedral. Plan of a bay | [62] |
| 41. | Sens Cathedral. Section of a bay of the nave | [63] |
| 42. | Sens Cathedral. Interior | [64] |
| 43. | Bourges Cathedral. Section of the nave | [65] |
| 44. | Rheims Cathedral. Plan | [68] |
| 45. | Rheims Cathedral. Section of the nave | [70] |
| 46. | Rheims Cathedral. Flying buttresses of the choir | [71] |
| 47. | Amiens Cathedral. Plan | [72] |
| 48. | Amiens Cathedral. Section through the nave | [73] |
| 49. | Beauvais Cathedral. Apse | [75] |
| 50. | Beauvais Cathedral. North front | [76] |
| 51. | Beauvais Cathedral. Transverse section | [77] |
| 52. | Chartres Cathedral. Rose window of north transept | [78] |
| 53. | Mans Cathedral. Plan | [80] |
| 54. | Mans Cathedral. Flying buttresses of the apse | [81] |
| 55. | Mans Cathedral. Section of the choir | [82] |
| 56. | Coutances Cathedral. North tower | [83] |
| 57. | Rodez Cathedral. West front | [86] |
| 58. | Bordeaux Cathedral. Choir and north front | [87] |
| 59. | Lichfield Cathedral. West front | [88] |
| 60. | Lincoln Cathedral. Plan | [91] |
| 61. | Lincoln Cathedral. West front | [92] |
| 62. | Lincoln Cathedral. Transept | [94] |
| 63. | Lincoln Cathedral. Apse and chapter-house | [95] |
| 64. | Brussels Cathedral (Ste. Gudule). West front | [97] |
| 65. | Cologne Cathedral. South front | [99] |
| 66. | Burgos Cathedral. West front | [101] |
| 67. | Cathedral or Duomo of Siena. West front | [102] |
| 68. | Church of St. Francis at Assisi. Apse and cloisters | [103] |
| 69. | Church of St. Ouen at Rouen. Central tower and apse, south front | [106] |
| 70. | Albi Cathedral. Plan | [108] |
| 71. | Albi Cathedral. Section of the nave | [111] |
| 72. | Albi Cathedral. Aps | [113] |
| 73. | Albi Cathedral. Donjon tower and south front | [114] |
| 74. | Church of Esnandes. A fortified church | [116] |
| 75. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Flying buttresses of the choir | [118] |
| 76. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Plan of the choir | [119] |
| 77. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Details of the apse | [120] |
| 78. | Alençon Cathedral. West front | [122] |
| 79. | Façade of the Cathedral of St. Sophia. Island of Cyprus | [123] |
| 80. | Cathedral of St. Nicholas. Island of Cyprus | [124] |
| 81. | Cathedral of St. Nicholas. Island of Cyprus | [126] |
| 82. | Church of St. Sophia. Island of Cyprus. Ruins | [127] |
| 83. | Steeple, Vendôme | [129] |
| 84. | Giotto's Tower at Florence | [130] |
| 85. | Bayeux Cathedral. Towers of the west front | [132] |
| 86. | Senlis Cathedral. South tower of west front | [133] |
| 87. | Salisbury Cathedral. Steeple | [135] |
| 88. | Church of Langrune (Calvados). Steeple | [136] |
| 89. | Church of the Jacobins at Toulouse. Tower | [138] |
| 90. | Church of St. Pierre at Caen. Tower | [140] |
| 91. | Church of St. Michel at Bordeaux. Tower | [141] |
| 92. | Cathedral of Freiburg-im-Breisgau | [142] |
| 93. | Antwerp Cathedral | [143] |
| 94. | Rheims Cathedral. Statues of west front | [154] |
| 95. | Rheims Cathedral. Statues of west front | [155] |
| 96. | Rheims Cathedral. Statues of west front | [156] |
| 97. | Rheims Cathedral. Principal door. Statue and ornament | [157] |
| 98. | Rheims Cathedral. Principal door. Statue and ornament | [158] |
| 99. | Notre Dame de Paris. Principal door. Running leaf pattern | [159] |
| 100. | Notre Dame de Paris. Principal door. Running leaf pattern | [160] |
| 101. | Chartres Cathedral. Statues of north porch | [161] |
| 102. | Chartres Cathedral. Statues of south porch | [162] |
| 103. | Amiens Cathedral. Central porch of west front | [163] |
| 104. | Amiens Cathedral. Statues in the south porch | [164] |
| 105. | Amiens Cathedral. Choir stalls. Carved ornament | [165] |
| 106. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Ornament of cloisters | [166] |
| 107. | Wooden Statuette (thirteenth century). Ateliers of La Chaise Dieu, Auvergne | [167] |
| 108, 108a. | Two ivory statuettes. School of Paris | [168], [169] |
| 109. | Wooden Statuette (fourteenth century). School of Paris | [170] |
| 110, 110a. | Two ivory diptychs (fourteenth century). School of the Ile-de-France | [171] |
| 111, 111a. | Ivory diptych and plaque (fourteenth century). School of the Ile-de-France | [172], [173] |
| 112. | Head in silver gilt repoussé. Ateliers of the Goldsmith's Guild of Paris | [174] |
| 113. | Group carved in wood (fifteenth century). School of Antwerp | [175] |
| 114. | Wooden statuette, painted and gilded (fifteenth century) | [176] |
| 115. | Wooden statuette, painted and gilded (sixteenth century) | [177] |
| 116. | Paintings in Cahors Cathedral. Horizontal projection of the cupola | [180] |
| 117. | Paintings in Cahors Cathedral. One of the prophets in the cupola | [182] |
| 118. | Paintings in Cahors Cathedral. Fragment of central frieze of cupola | [184] |
| 119, 120. | Painted windows of the early twelfth century. From St. Rémi, Rheims | [187] |
| 121. | Painted window of the twelfth century. Church of Bonlieu, Creuse | [188] |
| 122. | Painted window of the thirteenth century. Chartres Cathedral | [189] |
| 123. | Painted window of the thirteenth century. Chartres Cathedral | [190] |
| 124. | Painted window of the thirteenth century. Church of St. Germer, Troyes | [191] |
| 125. | Painted windows of the fourteenth century. Church of St. Urbain, Troyes | [193] |
| 126. | Painted glass of the fourteenth century. Cathedral of Châlons-sur-Marne | [194] |
| 127. | Painted window of the fifteenth century. Évreux Cathedral | [195] |
| 128. | Enamel of the eleventh century. Plaque cover of a MS. | [196] |
| 129. | Enamel of the thirteenth century. Plaque cover of an Evangelium | [198] |
| 130. | Enamel of the twelfth century. Reliquary shrine of St. Thomas à Becket | [199] |
| 131. | Enamel of the sixteenth century. Our Lady of Sorrows | [200] |
| 132. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Cloister (thirteenth century) | [206] |
| 133. | Abbey of Cluny. Gateway | [216] |
| 134. | Abbey of Cluny. Plan | [219] |
| 135. | Abbey of Cluny. Door of the Abbey Church | [221] |
| 136. | Abbey of St. Étienne at Caen. Façade | [228] |
| 137. | St. Alban's Abbey (England) | [230] |
| 138. | Abbey of Montmajour. Cloisters | [231] |
| 139. | Abbey of Elne. Cloisters | [232] |
| 140. | Abbey of Fontfroide. Cloisters | [233] |
| 141. | Abbey of Maulbronn (Wurtemberg). Plan | [235] |
| 142. | Abbey of Fontevrault. Kitchen | [236] |
| 143. | Cathedral of Puy-en-Velay. Cloisters | [237] |
| 144. | Abbey of La Chaise Dieu (Auvergne). Cloisters | [239] |
| 145. | Chartreuse of Villefranche de Rouergue. Plan | [242] |
| 146. | Chartreuse of Villefranche de Rouergue. Bird's-eye view | [243] |
| 147. | Grande Chartreuse. The Great Cloister | [244] |
| 148. | Grande Chartreuse. General View | [245] |
| 149. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. General View | [248] |
| 150. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Plan at the level of the entrance | [249] |
| 151. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Plan at the level of the lower church | [250] |
| 152. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Plan at the level of the upper church | [252] |
| 153. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Section from north to south | [253] |
| 154. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Section from west to east | [254] |
| 155. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Crypt known as the Galerie de l'Aquilon | [256] |
| 156. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. North front | [257] |
| 157. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. The almonry | [258] |
| 158. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. A tympanum of the cloisters | [259] |
| 159. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. The cellar | [260] |
| 160. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Refectory | [262] |
| 161. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Hall of the knights | [263] |
| 162. | St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall | [264] |
| 163. | Abbey of Mont St. Michel. Gate-house | [270] |
| 164. | City of Carcassonne. South-east ramparts | [273] |
| 165. | City of Carcassonne. North-west ramparts | [274] |
| 166. | Fortress of Kalaat-el-Hosn. Section | [277] |
| 166a. | Fortress of Kalaat-el-Hosn. General view | [278] |
| 167. | City of Carcassonne. Plan of the thirteenth century | [279] |
| 168. | City of Carcassonne. Ramparts, south-west angle | [280] |
| 169. | Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes, north and south | [281] |
| 170. | Ramparts of Avignon. Curtain and towers | [282] |
| 170a. | Machicolations | [283] |
| 171. | Ramparts of St. Malo | [284] |
| 172. | Mont St. Michel. South front | [287] |
| 173. | Mont St. Michel. As restored on paper | [288] |
| 174. | Castle of Angers | [292] |
| 175. | Carcassonne. Citadel | [293] |
| 176. | Loches Castle. Keep | [294] |
| 177. | Falaise Castle. Keep | [297] |
| 178. | Lavardin Castle. Keep | [298] |
| 179. | Keep of Aigues-Mortes | [299] |
| 180. | Provins Castle. Keep | [300] |
| 181. | Castle, Chinon | [302] |
| 182. | Castle, Clisson. Keep | [303] |
| 183. | Castle. Villeneuve-les-Avignon | [304] |
| 184. | Castle of Tarascon | [305] |
| 185. | Vitré Castle | [307] |
| 186. | City of Carcassonne. Castle gate | [310] |
| 187. | City of Carcassonne. Gate of the Lists | [312] |
| 188. | City of Carcassonne. Gate known as the Porte Narbonaise | [313] |
| 189. | Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes. Drawbridge | [314] |
| 190. | Ramparts of Dinan. Gate known as the Porte de Jerzual | [315] |
| 191. | Vitré Castle. Gate-house | [317] |
| 192. | Ramparts of Guérande. Gate known as the Porte St. Michel | [318] |
| 193. | Ramparts of Mont St. Michel. Gateway known as the Porte du Roi | [320] |
| 194. | Entrance to the Port of La Rochelle | [322] |
| 195. | Bridge at Avignon | [323] |
| 196. | Bridge of Montauban | [325] |
| 197. | Bridge of Cahor | [326] |
| 198. | Bridge of Orthez | [327] |
| 199. | Fortified bridge. Mont St. Michel | [328] |
| 200. | Town-hall at St. Antonin (Tarn et Garonne) | [334] |
| 201. | Barn at Perrières (Calvados) | [335] |
| 201a. | Barn at Perrières (Calvados). Section | [336] |
| 201b. | Barn at Perrières (Calvados). Plan | [336] |
| 202. | Tithe-barn at Provins | [337] |
| 203. | Granary of the Abbey of Vauclair | [338] |
| 204. | Hospital of St. John, Angers | [339] |
| 205. | Abbey of Ourscamps (Oise) | [340] |
| 206. | Lazar-house at Tortoir (Aisne) | [341] |
| 207. | Hospital at Tonnerre. Section | [343] |
| 208, 208a. | Houses at Cluny | [347], [348] |
| 209, 210. | Houses at Vitteaux and at St. Antonin | [349] |
| 211, 212. | Houses at Provins and at Laon | [350], [351] |
| 213. | House at Cordes. Albigeois | [352] |
| 214. | House at Mont St. Michel | [354] |
| 215, 216. | Wooden houses at Rouen and at Andelys | [355], [356] |
| 217. | Hôtel Lallemand at Bourges | [357] |
| 218. | Jacques Cœur's house at Bourges | [358] |
| 219. | Town-hall of Pienza, Italy | [361] |
| 220. | Town-hall and belfry at Ypres | [363] |
| 221. | Market and belfry at Bruges | [365] |
| 222. | Town-hall of Bruges | [366] |
| 223. | Town-hall at Louvain | [368] |
| 224. | Belfry of Tournai (Belgium) | [370] |
| 225. | Belfry of Ghent (Belgium) | [371] |
| 226. | Belfry at Calais (France) | [374] |
| 227. | Belfry of Béthune (France) | [376] |
| 228. | Belfry of Évreux (France) | [377] |
| 229. | Belfry of Avignon (France) | [378] |
| 230. | Belfry gate known as La Grosse Cloche, Bordeaux | [379] |
| 231. | Cloth hall known as La Loge, Perpignan | [381] |
| 232. | Bishop's Palace at Laon | [382] |
| 233. | Archbishop's Palace at Albi. Plan | [383] |
| 234. | Archbishop's Palace at Albi. General view | [384] |
| 235. | Palace of the Popes at Avignon. Plan | [385] |
| 236. | Palace of the Popes at Avignon. General view | [387] |
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