. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. 170.—Nave Arcade at , Toulouse. * Gothic and Eenaisarce Architecture, chap. v. p. G2. 230 CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. Romanesque of Southern France; in fact some of the bestexamples seem to sulier from a deticiency of ornament. Nv. ^v. Fig. 171.—Arches in eecedisg at St. Sernin TouLorsE. Ihc large and ?\vell-kiiown churches at Caen, St. Eticnne,otherwise the AbLayeaux llonimes—interesting to English- POMAXESQUE. 231 men as having been fonndod by AVilliam tlie Conqneror im-mediately after the Conquest—and the Trinite, or Abbayeaux
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Fig. 170.—Nave Arcade at , Toulouse. * Gothic and Eenaisarce Architecture, chap. v. p. G2. 230 CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. Romanesque of Southern France; in fact some of the bestexamples seem to sulier from a deticiency of ornament. Nv. ^v. Fig. 171.—Arches in eecedisg at St. Sernin TouLorsE. Ihc large and ?\vell-kiiown churches at Caen, St. Eticnne,otherwise the AbLayeaux llonimes—interesting to English- POMAXESQUE. 231 men as having been fonndod by AVilliam tlie Conqneror im-mediately after the Conquest—and the Trinite, or Abbayeaux Dames, are excellent exanij)les of early Norman arclii-tecture, but the student must not forget that additionshave been made to them, which, if they add to theirbeauty, at the same time alter their character. For ex-ample, in St. Etienne, the upper part of the westerntowers and the fine spires with which they are crownedwere built subsequent to the original structure, as wasalso, in all probability, the chevet, or eastern limb. Itseems probable also that the vaulting may not be whatAvas contemplated in the original plan. St. Etienne is 364 ft, long, and is lofty in its pro-portions. It has a nave and aisles, arcades resting onpiers, and strongly-marked transepts, and has two
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