Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . CH. VIIl] NORMANDY i53 aisle seven cants rests on coupled shafts standing- farther apart Coutances cathedral than those at Sens, in order to carry a very thick is prepared for in the clustered pier also, which isarranged in two groups corresponding to the two columns(Fig. 63). A double aisle with radiating chapels sur- The choirrounds the choir and ckevet, divided by an arcade oncylindrical columns with a round abacus. The inner ofthe two aisles has the triple arrangement of arcade,triforium represented by a blank arcade, and cleres


Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . CH. VIIl] NORMANDY i53 aisle seven cants rests on coupled shafts standing- farther apart Coutances cathedral than those at Sens, in order to carry a very thick is prepared for in the clustered pier also, which isarranged in two groups corresponding to the two columns(Fig. 63). A double aisle with radiating chapels sur- The choirrounds the choir and ckevet, divided by an arcade oncylindrical columns with a round abacus. The inner ofthe two aisles has the triple arrangement of arcade,triforium represented by a blank arcade, and clerestory,and this causes the main arcade to be very lofty. Theeffect of this is not good in the choir, the arcade being \Jairftavf


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