History of mediæval art . ?0 x %. a -4-ntFig. 218.—System of the Churchof Ecrainville. 1—?—1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 X 3 k 5 Bitty Fig. 219.—System of St. Germain atPont-Audemer. Seine-Inferieure. The forms of the low capitals {Fig. 217) are eitherrude imitations of Corinthian models, roughly decorated with fig-ures, or ribbed,—those of the first class resembling, in their helplessmisunderstanding of the antique patterns, the cornices of the Mau-soleum of Theodoric at Ravenna, those of the second being abso-lutely barbarous. The arches are commonly decorated with chev-rons, which continued the favorite

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History of mediæval art . ?0 x %. a -4-ntFig. 218.—System of the Churchof Ecrainville. 1—?—1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 X 3 k 5 Bitty Fig. 219.—System of St. Germain atPont-Audemer. Seine-Inferieure. The forms of the low capitals {Fig. 217) are eitherrude imitations of Corinthian models, roughly decorated with fig-ures, or ribbed,—those of the first class resembling, in their helplessmisunderstanding of the antique patterns, the cornices of the Mau-soleum of Theodoric at Ravenna, those of the second being abso-lutely barbarous. The arches are commonly decorated with chev-rons, which continued the favorite pattern of the Norman the columns were replaced by piers these latter were oftenstrengthened in the main axis by engaged shafts, as in the Churchof St. Germain at Pont-Audemer, in the Department of Eure FRANCE. 363 {Fig. 219). A similar construction of piers was employed in the Ab-bey Church at Berney, the nave of which was originally coveredwith a horizontal ceiling, while the side aisles we

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