Illustrations
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- Rodez[Frontispiece]
- “ Sheer and straight the pillars rise, ...
- and arch after arch is lost on the shadows of
- the narrow vaulting of the side-aisle.”
- “Carcassonne, the invulnerable”[5]
- “The Tower of an early maritime Cathedral”—Agde[10]
- “A nave of the earlier style”—Arles[15]
- “A nave of the later style”—Rodez[19]
- “The delicate choir of Saint-Nazaire”—Carcassonne[23]
- “A cloister of the South”—Elne[27]
- “A Romanesque aisle”—Arles[31]
- “The sculptured portals of Saint-trophime”—Arles[33]
- “A Gothic aisle”—Mende[35]
- “Corresponding differences in style”—Carcassonne[39]
- “Fortified Gothic built in brick”—Albi[43]
- “A church fortress”—Maguelonne[45]
- “Stately Gothic splendour”—Condom[47]
- Entrevaux[52]
- “People gather around the mail-coach as it makes its
- daily halt before the drawbridge.”
- “The new Cathedral”—Marseilles[57]
- “The desecration of the little cloister”—Fréjus[65]
- “The military omen—the tower”—Antibes[70]
- “The interior of Notre-dame-du-bourg”—Digne[77]
- “The interior has neither clerestory nor triforium”—Digne[81]
- “A large square tower served as a lookout”—Forcalquier[86]
- “A suggestive view from the side-aisle”—Forcalquier[87]
- “The old round arch of the Bishop's Palace”—Vence[92]
- “The low, broad arches, and the great supporting pillars”—Vence[93]
- “Higher than them all stands the Cathedral”—Grasse[97]
- “The pont d'Avignon”[99]
- “The interior has a shallow, gracefully balustraded balcony”—Avignon[103]
- “The porch, so classic in detail”—AVIGNON[107]
- From an old print
- “Notre-Dame-des-Doms”—Avignon[111]
- “The Tower of Philip the Fair”—Villeneuve-les-Avignon[114]
- “The great Palace”—Avignon[119]
- “On the banks of a pleasant little river is Vaison”[123]
- “The ruined castle of the Counts of Toulouse”—Vaison[125]
- “The whole apse-end”—Vaison[127]
- “The south wall, which is clearly seen from the road”—Vaison[129]
- “Two bays open to the ground”—Vaison[131]
- “The great piers and small firm columns”—Vaison[133]
- “In the midst of the wealth of antique ruins”—Arles[135]
- “The façade of saint-trophime”—Arles[137]
- “Right detail—the portal”—Arles[141]
- “Left detail—the portal”—Arles[145]
- “Through the cloister arches”—Arles[147]
- “A nave of great and slender height”—Arles[149]
- “The beauty of the whole”—Arles[151]
- “The Gothic walk”—Cloister—Arles[153]
- “This interior”—Entrevaux[156]
- “The Romanesque walk”—Cloister—Arles[157]
- “One of the three small drawbridges”—Entrevaux[159]
- “The Portcullis”—Entrevaux[160]
- “A fort that perches on a sharp peak”—Entrevaux[161]
- “A true 'Place d'Armes'”—Entrevaux[163]
- “The long line of walls that zigzag down the hillside”—Entrevaux[165]
- “The church tower stood out against the rocky peak”—Entrevaux[169]
- “The Cathedral is near the heavy round towers of the outer ramparts”—Sisteron[172]
- “The bridge across the Durance”—Sisteron[173]
- “Entrances to two narrow streets”—Sisteron[176]
- “It was a low-vaulted, sombre little cloister”—Cavaillon[182]
- “The Cathedral's tower and turret”—Cavaillon[187]
- “The main body of the church”—Apt[191]
- “The Virgin and Saint Anne—by Benzoni”—Apt[194]
- “Saint-Martin-de-Brômes with its high slim tower”[197]
- “The fortified Monastery of the Templars”—near Gréoux[199]
- “The tower of Notre-Dame-du-Siège”—Riez[201]
- “Nothing could be more quaintly old and modest than the Baptistery”—Riez[202]
- “Between the columns an altar has been placed”—Baptistery, Riez[203]
- “The beautiful granite columns”—Riez[207]
- “The mail-coach of senez”[211]
- “The open square”—Senez[213]
- “The palace of its prelates”—Senez[214]
- “The Cathedral”—Senez[215]
- “The Cathedral”—Senez[218]
- “Tapestries beautify the choir-walls”—Senez[219]
- “Between branches full of apple-blossoms—the church as the curé saw it”—Senez[221]
- “The south aisle”—Aix[224]
- “The Romanesque portal”—Aix[225]
- “The cloister”—Aix[227]
- “The Cathedral”—Aix[231]
- “An amphitheatre which rivals the art of the Coliseum”—Nîmes[238]
- “The general effect is somewhat that of a port-cochère”—Montpellier[244]
- “The finest view is that of the apse”—Montpellier[245]
- “The clock tower is very square and thick”—Béziers[248]
- “The quaint and pretty fountain”—Béziers[250]
- “The door of the cloister”—Narbonne[255]
- “This is a place of deserted solitude”—Narbonne[257]
- “These flying-buttresses give to the exterior its most curious and
- beautiful effect”—Narbonne[261]
- “All the old buildings of the city are of Spanish origin”—Perpignan[265]
- “The unfinished façade”—Perpignan[267]
- “The stony street of the hillside”—Carcassonne[269]
- “The ancient Cross”—Carcassonne[272]
- “Often too little time is spent upon the nave”—Carcassonne[275]
- “The choir is of the xiv century”—Carcassonne[279]
- “The façade, straight and massive”—Carcassonne[281]
- “Perspective of the Romanesque”—Carcassonne[283]
- “The nave of the xiii century is an aisle-less chamber, low and
- broadly arched”—Toulouse[291]
- “The present Cathedral is a combination of styles”—Toulouse[294]
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| Choisy. | Histoire de l'Architecture. |
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| Dempster. | Maritime Alps. |
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| James. | A Little Tour through France. |
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| Marlavagne. | Histoire de la Cathédrale de Rodez. |
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| Stevenson. | Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. |
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| " | Journeys through France. |
| " | Origins of Contemporary France. |
| " | Tour through the Pyrénées. |
| — | 'Twixt France and Spain. |
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| " | Entretiens sur l'Architecture. |
| " | Dictionnaire raisonné de l'Architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle. |