Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 3125 01392 0505 li ! II !. COPYRIGHT19 17 BYGEORGEWHARTONEDWARDS FOREWORD Quis funera faudoExplicet, aut possit lacrymis aequare Labores?Urbs antiqua ruit, multos dominata per annos;Plurima perque vias sternuntur inertia passimCorpora, perque domos, et religiosa deorum Limina! (Virgil, JEneid, 11. v. 361.) Surviving the ancient wars and revolutions in this, the Cockpit of Europe, the great examples of architec-ture of the early days of France remained for our corroding fingers of time, it is true, were much moreme
Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 3125 01392 0505 li ! II !. COPYRIGHT19 17 BYGEORGEWHARTONEDWARDS FOREWORD Quis funera faudoExplicet, aut possit lacrymis aequare Labores?Urbs antiqua ruit, multos dominata per annos;Plurima perque vias sternuntur inertia passimCorpora, perque domos, et religiosa deorum Limina! (Virgil, JEneid, 11. v. 361.) Surviving the ancient wars and revolutions in this, the Cockpit of Europe, the great examples of architec-ture of the early days of France remained for our corroding fingers of time, it is true, were much moremerciful to them, but certainly the destroyers of oldnever ventured to commit the crimes upon them nowcharged against the legions of the present fair towns of Picardy and Champagne are sacked,pillaged and burned even as were the beautiful Flemishtowns of Ypres, Malines, Termonde, Dixmude, andDinant on the Meuse. . FOREWORD Never again shall we enjoy them: the chalices arebroken and the perfume forever vanished. . The catastrophe is so unbelievable that one cannot re-aliz
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