Note 188 — Chapter VII · Plantagenet Gothic Architecture[174]

Bishop Ulger carried forward, too, the episcopal palace which stood on V-century walls over the Roman citadel and is connected with the cathedral’s transept. Its ancient façade is the finest civic monument in Angers (1101-49). The ground floor was used as a stable; over it rose Bishop Ulger’s synodal hall, and under the rafters was made a library in the XV century. Angers is exceptionally rich in late-Gothic and Renaissance mansions. G. d’Espinay, Angers et l’Anjou (Angers, 1903); ibid., Notices archéol., Les monuments d’Angers, Saumur et ses environs (Angers, 1875), 2 vols.