An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . * Gallia Christiana, vol. iv. p. 217. THE TRANSITION IN FRANCE. ig$ fidence is the Cathedral of Soissons, which has been already men-tioned as finished in 1212, thirty years after Canterbury; and yet itis very little more advanced in style, except in the particular featureof plate-tracery. On the other hand, the south transept of Soissons,which is lower than the rest of the building, and evidently belongs. 157. Hall of the Hospital at Angers, 1177 1184. 196 FRANCE ANJOU. to an earlier structure, is itself of transitional character; it i
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . * Gallia Christiana, vol. iv. p. 217. THE TRANSITION IN FRANCE. ig$ fidence is the Cathedral of Soissons, which has been already men-tioned as finished in 1212, thirty years after Canterbury; and yet itis very little more advanced in style, except in the particular featureof plate-tracery. On the other hand, the south transept of Soissons,which is lower than the rest of the building, and evidently belongs. 157. Hall of the Hospital at Angers, 1177 1184. 196 FRANCE ANJOU. to an earlier structure, is itself of transitional character; it is saidto have been built in 1175 : several other churches of the neighbour-hood are of similar character to this transept. The hall of the public Hospital at Angers (157) has been alreadymentioned at p. 82, but it appears to form so important a link ofconnection between the architecture of England and that of Anjou,as to require some further notice. It was built by King Henry II.,begun in 1177, and opened by him in state with much ceremony in1184, the same year that the choir of Canterbury was completed:the mouldings and details are almost pure Gothic, although thewindows are round-headed; the vaulting is very remarkable as atransition between the domical vaults of Anjou and the Early Eng-lish vault. During the time that this hospital was building, HenryII. held his court at Angers, which necessarily assembled the noblesand prelates from Normandy in t
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