. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. lind arcades and bands ofinterlacing archescalled arcaturcsbas-reliefs of reli-gious subjects, andsymbolical carvingsincrusted the wallspaces, while deepround-headed win-dows and doorsbroke the gray complexity with misty purple inter-ruptions. A large circular window or ccil-dc-btvuf fre-quently held a prominent position, and this afterwarddeveloped into the beautiful rose windows so popularduring the Gothic period. In Italy and many parts of France the porch be-came a tribunal, where the abbot or bishop sat asjudge on cer
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. lind arcades and bands ofinterlacing archescalled arcaturcsbas-reliefs of reli-gious subjects, andsymbolical carvingsincrusted the wallspaces, while deepround-headed win-dows and doorsbroke the gray complexity with misty purple inter-ruptions. A large circular window or ccil-dc-btvuf fre-quently held a prominent position, and this afterwarddeveloped into the beautiful rose windows so popularduring the Gothic period. In Italy and many parts of France the porch be-came a tribunal, where the abbot or bishop sat asjudge on certain questions of crime or dispute, espe-cially when plaintiff and defendant were unwilling tocarry the case before a feudal lord, where such mat-ters were settled by force of arms. In these porchesthe columns and their archivolts were often sup-ported on either side by couchant lions, as in , at Verona, and St. Trophyme, at Aries ( iS), from which arose the expression of inter leones FlG. 117.—Apse of Notre Dame du Portat Clermont. From Cliapuy. =?>. Plate XXXV.—Fa9ade of Notre-Dame-la-Grande at Poitiers. *oo THE ROM XNESQUE STYLE. - ■ - . .1 * •*■ ■ ■ •1h- i :,\
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