Note 13 — Chapter VIII · CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
Florence Simmonds translation
It is difficult to believe that Mons. Corroyer is in earnest in comparing the spires of Lichfield to those of Coutances, or the central tower of Lincoln to that of the same French cathedral. Mons. Corroyer appears to be unacquainted with the line of filiation between English spires and towers, and so looks, as a matter of course, for a French mother to such as strike his fancy.—Ed.