Illustrations
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Soissons Cathedral. The Transept’s Southern Arm (c. 1180)Frontispiece
Poissy. An Early Example of Gothic Vaulting (c. 1135)Facing p.54
St. Denis-en-France and Its Royal Mausoleums”68
Noyon’s Chapter House (1240-1250)Page83
Senlis’ Tower (c. 1230-1250)Facing p.90
The Interior of Laon Cathedral (XII Century). View from the Tribune Gallery”98
The Oxen on Laon’s Towers”106
Notre Dame of Paris. View from the SouthPage127
Notre Dame of Mantes (1160-1200). The Contemporary of Paris CathedralFacing p.162
The Cathedral of Meaux, Viewed from the Nave’s Aisle”168
The Cathedral of Chartres (1194-1240). The Southern AspectPage178
The Angel Apse of Rheims (c. 1220)”196
The Transept of Amiens Cathedral (1220-1280)Facing p.204
The Apse of Bourges (1200-1225)”214
St. Urbain at Troyes (1264-1276)”236
Le Mans Choir (1217-1254). The Double Aisles”270
Angoulême Cathedral. A XII-century Cupola Church of Aquitaine with a Typical Façade of Poitou’s Romanesque School”290
The Plantagenet Tombs at Fontevrault”298
The Plantagenet Gothic Choir of St. Serge at Angers (1220-1225)”312
Notre Dame du Port at Clermont-Ferrand. Typical XII-century Church of Auvergne’s Romanesque School”338
Le Puy in Old Auvergne”344
The Jacobins’, or Dominicans’, Church at Toulouse (XIII Century)”358
Albi Cathedral (1282-1399). A Midi Fortress Church”370
The Mediæval Cloister of Arles”398
The XI-century Sanctuary of Cluny as It Was Until the RevolutionFacing p.414
Vezelay’s XII-century Abbey Church of the Madeleine”436
Notre Dame at Dijon (1220-1245). Burgundian Gothic”452
The Crypt of the Abbaye-aux-Dames at Caen (1059-1066)”484
Belfry of St. Pierre at Caen (1308-1317). Prototype For the Gothic Towers of Normandy and Brittany”490
The Hall of the Knights at Mont-Saint-Michel (1203-1228). Second Story of the Merveille”500
The Choir of Bayeaux Cathedral (1210-1260). Typical of Normandy’s Elaborate Gothic”546
How France Built Her Cathedrals
